MR. TOM LEWIS JOHNSTON, age 88, of Gore-Subligna Road, Summerville
Georgia passed away Friday, August 15, 2015, at the residence.
Born in Summerville on April 12, 1926, He was a son of the late T.P. and
Zula Mae Ballenger Johnston. Mr. Johnston graduated from Subligna High
School and attended West Georgia College for two years, then was drafted
into the U.S. Army, during WW II. He served in Germany and Austria with
the 36th Infantry Division and was an observer at the War Crimes Trials
in Nuremburg, Germany; was a life member of the V.F.W. He was a cattle
farmer and worked for the Georgia Department of Agriculture retiring after
28 years service. He was preceded in death by a sister Libby Neal Rich.
Surviving are His wife, Nancy Mann Johnston; daughter, Sandi Johnston
Cohen; son-Tom Neal Johnston (Lyn); step daughter, Tanya Queen
(Ruben); step son, Stacy Mann (Tina); grand kids, Chuck Cohen and
Samson Johnston; step grand kids, Amber Padgett, Lexie Mann, Macey
Mann, Addie Queen, Mason Mann; niece, Joan Butler.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 17th at 3:00 PM from the J. D. Hill Memorial
Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Jody Brock and Larry Scoggins officiating,
interment in Green Hills Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers Mike Dawson, Stacy Grey, Dennis McCary, Shawn McCary,
Bill Mitchell, Randy Mills, Roland Jones and Ricky Jones.. Honorary pall bearers
Stanley Cummings, John Hobbs, and members of VFW Post 6688. Visitation will
be at the funeral home Saturday evening from 5 until 9.
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