KINGSPORT — Robert “Bobby Joe” Johnson, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday (Feb. 21, 2012), at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport.
Bobby Joe was a lifelong resident of Kingsport. He was retired from Tennessee Eastman Corp. after 36 years of service as a Lab Technician. He is a member of Bethel AME Zion Church, Kingsport, and was a star player on the old Douglass High School football and basketball teams back in the 1940's, having played on 3 championship teams.
He was a member of Bethel AME Zion Church, Kingsport. Mr. Johnson will lie in state from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Bethel AME Zion Church, 812 Maple Oak Street, Kingsport.
A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. in the church with the Rev. Charles A. Hawkins and the Rev. Joseph Commage, officiating.
Music will be provided by the church choir.
Burial will follow in the Zion Hill Cemetery, Surgoinsville.
His nieces and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Johnny Johnson, Buddy Bond, Jack Pierce and Harvey Stevens will be honorary pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bethel AME Zion Church (building fund), c/o Leon Wagstaff, 812 Maple Oaks, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
You may send online condolences to the family by visiting www.cartertrent.com
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, is serving the Johnson family.
