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John Ray “Johnnie” Loftis

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John Ray “Johnnie” Loftis

Birth
Double Springs, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
Death
21 Apr 1971 (aged 44)
Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Double Springs, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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b. 15 August 1926, Double Springs, TN – d. 21 April 1971, Putnam Co., TN, md on the 30th of December 1950 to Betty Joan (Pendergrass) Loftis, b. 14 May 1934, Double Springs, TN, md 2nd on the 14th April
1991, Paul Huston Dyer, b. 5 May 1929. John Ray Loftis, s/o Milton Otis Loftis & Essie Avo Jernigan. Betty Joan (Pendergrass) Loftis Dyer, d/o Willard Lonzo Pendergrass (1885-1988)& Matilda "Minnie" Brown (1898-1981).

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Dyer Funeral Home for John Ray Loftis, 44, of Route 1, Baxter, with David Dyer officiating. Burial will be in the Double Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Loftis, a resident of Double Springs community, was dead on arrival at the Cookeville General Hospital yesterday morning.
He was the son of Otis and Avo Jernigan Loftis, a native of Putnam County, a naval veteran of WWII and an employee of Cookeville Industries.
He is survived by his widow Joan Pendergrass Loftis; four sons, Michael, Steven, Mark and Alan Loftis; a daughter, Judy, all of Baxter, Route 1; a brother, Jack Loftis, of East Detroit, MI; two sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Denny of East Detroit, MI, and Mrs. Burton Wallace of Irving, TX.


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Loftis, John Ray - Double Springs Cemetery, TN
b. 15 August 1926, Double Springs, TN
d. 21 April 1971, TN
Wife: Joann Pendergrass
Father: Milton Otis Loftis
Mother: Essie Avo Jernigan
b. 15 August 1926, Double Springs, TN – d. 21 April 1971, Putnam Co., TN, md on the 30th of December 1950 to Betty Joan (Pendergrass) Loftis, b. 14 May 1934, Double Springs, TN, md 2nd on the 14th April
1991, Paul Huston Dyer, b. 5 May 1929. John Ray Loftis, s/o Milton Otis Loftis & Essie Avo Jernigan. Betty Joan (Pendergrass) Loftis Dyer, d/o Willard Lonzo Pendergrass (1885-1988)& Matilda "Minnie" Brown (1898-1981).

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Dyer Funeral Home for John Ray Loftis, 44, of Route 1, Baxter, with David Dyer officiating. Burial will be in the Double Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Loftis, a resident of Double Springs community, was dead on arrival at the Cookeville General Hospital yesterday morning.
He was the son of Otis and Avo Jernigan Loftis, a native of Putnam County, a naval veteran of WWII and an employee of Cookeville Industries.
He is survived by his widow Joan Pendergrass Loftis; four sons, Michael, Steven, Mark and Alan Loftis; a daughter, Judy, all of Baxter, Route 1; a brother, Jack Loftis, of East Detroit, MI; two sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Denny of East Detroit, MI, and Mrs. Burton Wallace of Irving, TX.


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Loftis, John Ray - Double Springs Cemetery, TN
b. 15 August 1926, Double Springs, TN
d. 21 April 1971, TN
Wife: Joann Pendergrass
Father: Milton Otis Loftis
Mother: Essie Avo Jernigan


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  • Created by: Joyce Parker
  • Added: Jul 11, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54790365/john_ray-loftis: accessed ), memorial page for John Ray “Johnnie” Loftis (15 Aug 1926–21 Apr 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54790365, citing Double Springs Cemetery, Double Springs, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Joyce Parker (contributor 47124390).