John Wakefield

John Artie Wakefield, 95, of Newbern died Thurs-day, March 15, 2018, at Tennova Healthcare-Dyersburg Regional.
Funeral services were to be 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.  John Wakefield and Brother Serge Shoemaker were to officiate. Interment was to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Obion.
Visitation was to be Saturday from 1 until 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Pallbearers were to be John Wakefield, Jim Futrell, Greg Cagle, Scot Wiles, Matt Cagle, Andy Cagle, Taylor Kolwyck and Caleb Wiles.
Jon Futrell was to be an honorary pallbearer.
The family requests memorial contributions be directed toward Glendale Church of Christ, 6739 Lanesferry Road, Newbern, TN 38059 or Memphis School of Preaching, 3950 Forrest-Irene Road, Memphis, TN 38125.
Born Monday, Sept. 11, 1922, in Minnick, son of the late John Art Wakefield and the late Mary Lou Puckett Wakefield.
He was a retired farmer and retired employee of R.L. Phebus Company. He was a former member and elder of Cloverdale Church of Christ and  Obion Church of Christ before moving to Newbern, where he was a member of Glendale Church of Christ.
He is survived by one son, John Wayne Wake-field and wife, Sue, of Newbern; one daughter, Myra Wakefield Futrell and husband, Jim, of Mayfield, Ky.; three grandchildren, Judy Cagle and husband, Greg, of Newbern, Beth Wiles and husband, Scot, of Farmington, Ark., and Heather Kolwyck of Troy; two step-grandsons, Jon Futrell of Mayfield and Andrew Futrell and wife, Monica, of Mokena, Ill.; and six great-grandchildren, Matt Cagle, Andy Cagle, Abigail Sarah Wiles, Caleb Wiles, Lynsey Kolwyck and Taylor Kolwyck.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Sarah Margaret Wakefield, on May 10, 2009.
Friends may sign online condolences at www.johnsonwilliamsfuneralhome.com.

Published 3.19.18