4/3/2009
Dennis Laughton Johnson CHARLOTTE — Dennis Laughton Johnson, 82, of Barclay Downs Drive, Charlotte, and formerly of Burlington and Kannapolis, diedWednesday, April 1, 2009, at Summit Place of Kings Mountain.
A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis. The Rev. Steven Pipho will officiate.
The family will receive friends prior to the service from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Lady’s Funeral Home, 268 N. Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis.
BornApril8,1926inMiddlesex, N.C., he was the son of the late Henry Johnson and Olga Finch Johnson. A graduate of North Carolina State University, he retired as a process engineer from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Gastonia. Mr. Johnson was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during World War II and the U.S. Army during the Korean War. His hobbies included fishing, sports, and gardening. He was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Charlotte, where he was a member of the Church Council. He was also a member of Sigma Chi and Phi Psi fraternities.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Hattie Wallace Johnson; four sisters, Swannie Bissette, Henrietta Drye, Bruce Parker and Alberta "Bertie" Whitt; and four brothers, Henry Johnson, Zadac Johnson, Gerald Johnson and Charles Johnson.
Survivors include his wife, Lolie Edwards Johnson; two sons, Dennis Laughton "D.J." Johnson Jr. and wife Nancy, Wallace Scott Johnson and wife Johanna, all of Charlotte; and three grandchildren, Erin Johnson, Mitch Johnson and Zach Johnson.
Memorials may be sent to Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2422 Ashley Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28208.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at
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