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John Rylee Atwood

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John Rylee Atwood

Birth
Potosi, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Death
17 Feb 2014 (aged 82)
Merkel, Taylor County, Texas, USA
Burial
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Faith
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John Atwood passed away Monday morning, February 17, 2014 on his 63rd Wedding Anniversary at Merkel Nursing Center at the age of 82. Funeral mass will be 2 pm, Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette St. in Abilene. Interment will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park.

John R. Atwood was born in downtown Potosi to C.E. (Gene) and Emma Atwood on July 8, 1931. He grew up in the farming communities around Potosi and Wylie. He graduated from Wylie in 1950 when it was fully contained on the corner of Buffalo Gap Road and Antilley Road. That is where he met his future wife, Tommie.

John's career spanned 41 years with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He held various job titles when living in Midland, Seminole, Monahans, and Sweetwater. In 1968, John was transferred back to his home town of Abilene. He retired as Area Manager in 1991.

Survivors include his wife, Tommie; daughter, Cindy and 4 grandchildren, Timothy, Sarah, Micah and Annie all of Huntsville, Alabama; sister, Wanda Keith and husband Hollis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his infant son, John Steven; 4 brothers, Winson, Leslie, James and Russell; sister, Emma Gene.

Online condolences may be made at www.elmwoodfuneral.com.
John Atwood passed away Monday morning, February 17, 2014 on his 63rd Wedding Anniversary at Merkel Nursing Center at the age of 82. Funeral mass will be 2 pm, Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette St. in Abilene. Interment will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park.

John R. Atwood was born in downtown Potosi to C.E. (Gene) and Emma Atwood on July 8, 1931. He grew up in the farming communities around Potosi and Wylie. He graduated from Wylie in 1950 when it was fully contained on the corner of Buffalo Gap Road and Antilley Road. That is where he met his future wife, Tommie.

John's career spanned 41 years with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He held various job titles when living in Midland, Seminole, Monahans, and Sweetwater. In 1968, John was transferred back to his home town of Abilene. He retired as Area Manager in 1991.

Survivors include his wife, Tommie; daughter, Cindy and 4 grandchildren, Timothy, Sarah, Micah and Annie all of Huntsville, Alabama; sister, Wanda Keith and husband Hollis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his infant son, John Steven; 4 brothers, Winson, Leslie, James and Russell; sister, Emma Gene.

Online condolences may be made at www.elmwoodfuneral.com.


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