John Johnston Obituary, Death – John Steven Johnston died on May 31, 2023 in Newnan, Georgia. He was 76. Steve was born in Texarkana, Texas on May 3, 1947 to John Farris Johnston and Dorothy Jo Telford Johnston. He retired as the Deputy Director of the General Services Administration’s South East Region in Atlanta, Georgia, and he also worked at Red River Army Depot. He earned a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Management. Steve was an NRA member and a keen reader and photographer. He was a devout Christian.
His parents preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Judy Karuth Johnston of Newnan, Georgia; two daughters and a son-in-law, Caroline Goodman and Julie and Dan Holl; one brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Sandra Johnston of New Boston, Texas; two grandchildren, Quin Johnston Goodman of Newnan, Georgia, and Ross Johnston Goodman and his fiancée, Meredith Stockwell of Austin, Texas; as well as a large number of other family members and friends.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 2:00 PM, at Bates Family Funeral Home, with Robby Bates presiding. At Spring Hill Cemetery in De Kalb, Texas, there will be an afterlife burial. Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, there will be a visitation at Bates Family Funeral Home in De Kalb, Texas.