Jeanette Delores Cates Johnson
Published 4:47 pm Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Jeanette Delores “Jean” Cates Johnson, 86, of Roan Mountain, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness.
Jeanette was a native of Carter County. She was an Avon Sales Representative for a number of years. She was a member of the Roan Mountain Eastern Star and a member of Roan Mountain First Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewart Johnson, August 26, 2005; her mother, Florence Cates; and a sister, Dean Davis.
Survivors include her children, Sonia Teressa LeCroy and husband Clay, Spartanburg, S.C., and Claburn Johnson, Jonesborough; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, JoAnn Broyles, Elizabethton.
The graveside service for Jeanette Delores Cates Johnson will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Monday, November 14, at Mountain Home National Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Stout officiating. Interment will follow the service. Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family would like to express a special “Thank You” to Verl Bowers and Butch Clark. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website: www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Johnson family.