August 27, 1920 ~ December 18, 2007
LINDEN Funeral services for Carl Leroy Johns, 87, of Linden will be 2:30 PM Friday, December 21, 2007 at the Reeder-Davis-Schindler Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. John Bingham officiating. Burial will be in Linden Cemetery. A visitation will be held at 1:00 P.M. before the funeral. Mr. Johns was born August 27, 1920 in St. Louis, MO to Earnest Richard and Florence Inman Johns. He passed away December 18, 2007 in a Linden nursing center. He retired after 33 years as Chief Maintenance Electrician for Park Cities Water Plant, worked for Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, was a member of Douglassville United Methodist Church, and loved baseball, hunting, fishing and living in the country. Mr. Johns was a WWII veteran of the Air Force. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Kathryne Morris Johns, of Douglassville; a daughter and son-in-law, Jeanette and Randy Robertson of Plano; a daughter, Carolyn Lloyd of Dallas; grandchildren, Gary Robertson of Plano; Holly Stanford and husband, Chris and two great grandsons, Cole and Dylan Stanford of Keller; also, a sister and brother-in-law, Claretta and Gene Worley of Fresno, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Audell Johns, Junior Johns, and Richard Johns and a sister, Dorothy Johns Jarvis. In lieu of flowers, memorials maybe made to Douglassville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 26, Douglassville, TX 75560.
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Our prayers are with you at this difficult time. Your father,husband, & grandfather was a lovely man,and will be dearly missed. Much love to the Robertson family.
Thinking of you with fond memories of our friendship.My thoughts and prayers are with you. Marlene Fitts
Looking forward to going to grandma and grandpa's was one of my best childhood memories. I always looked forward to catching a big fish with my grandpa. I love him so much and he will be greatly missed.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time.Love,Travis, Michelle and Paytyn Hudson
I share your sorrow and I am send my sypathy for the family. Mr Johns was like a family member to me also. If I can ever be of any service to any of the family please fill free to contact me. Mable Webster