Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJackie Evelyn Furr
Birth4 Jun 1920, Stanly County, NC
Death10 Sep 2004, New Hanover Regional Hospital, Wilmington, NC
Burial13 Sep 2004, Rose Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill, Duplin County, NC
FatherAlbert Oscar Furr (1898-1956)
MotherSarah Ann Lambert (1900-1995)
Spouses
Birth12 Dec 1920, Rose Hill, Duplin County, NC
Death1 Oct 1974, Pender County, NC
BurialRose Hill Cemetery, Rose Hill, Duplin County, NC
Marriage29 Jan 1944
ChildrenTanya
 Vann Stewart
 Sara
 Evelyn
 Helen
Notes for Jackie Evelyn Furr
Evelyn "Jackie" Johnson

ROSE HILL Evelyn "Jackie" F. Johnson, 84, of Rose Hill died Friday, September 10, 2004, at New Hanover Regional Hospital in Wilmington. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Monday, September 13, 2004, at Mt Zion Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

Jackie attended nursing school at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington graduating in 1943. She worked with Dr. George P. Matthews for 30 plus years. Jackie nursed the entire community and beyond. She gave selflessly to family, friends and strangers. Those who were fortunate to know and love her know the story of her boundless gifts of love.

Mrs. Johnson is survived by a son, Vann Stewart Johnson and wife Sandra of Raleigh; daughters, Tanya J. Shelton and husband Sonny of Raleigh; Sara J. Brown and husband Joel of Wilmington; Evelyn J. DeVane and husband Andy of Rose Hill and Helen Johnson: husband Warren Hepler of Wallace ; sister-in-law, Dorothy Sandlin; grandchildren, Scott Johnson and fiancée Lisa Deering, Heather Lehto and husband Wayne; Sunny Biasi and husband Duane; Megan Phillips; Sara Evans DeVane and Rachel Devane; and great-grandchildren, Anna Stewart Lehto, Ernmi Lehto, Sonny Lehto and Davis Biasi; and numerous nieces and nephews; and life long friends, Jewell Cottle and Eva Newkirk; special nephew, Jimmy Sandlin and wife, LuAnne and their sons, Michael and Ryan. Mrs. Johnson was proceeded in death by her husband, Hugh Stewart Johnson, Jr.; and her parents, Oscar Albert Furr and Sara Lambert Furr; brothers and sisters, Selma Tucker, Verna Almond, Vann Furr and Betty Nall.

In lieu of flowers send donations to: James Sprunt Foundation, c/o Tom Fife, Post Office Box 398, Kenansville, NC to establish the Evelyn "Jackie" Johnson Nursing Scholarship Fund.

Visitation will be at the home at 208 East Main Street in Rose Hill on Sunday from 5 to 7:00 p.m. Viewing may be made at the Community Funeral Home of Rose Hill on Sunday from 4 until 7:00 p.m.

Obituary by Community Funeral Home, Rose Hill
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