Johnnie Lamon Womble was a son of the late Walter and Jennie Womble. He graduated from Whigham High School in 1940 and attended Freeman Business School in Albany, Georgia.
During World War II he served his country with the 401st Bombardment Group stationed at Deenthrope, England. He was the ball turret gunner on a B17 flying fortress. On May 28, 1944, his plane was shot down over Dessau, Germany. Seven of the ten crew members survived. He spent eleven months and one day in a German prison camp before being liberated by Patten's armored division. He was awarded several medals of honor including the Purple Heart. After his discharge from the air Force.
Johnnie married Joyce Shiver Womble, who passed away in 1947. After her death, he moved to Thomasville and lived there the rest of his life. He retired from the Georgia Department of Labor in 1986 after working there 30 years. He was a member of Dawson Street Baptist Church where he attended the Grady Burgess Sunday School class. He was also a member of the American Legion Post #31.
On December 8, 1967, Johnnie married Ann Ryan Pafford Womble who survives him. Other survivors include; son and daughter-in-law Stan and Leigh Womble, daughter and son-in law Carla and Scott Barrow, grandchildren; Sterling, Stuart, and Seth Womble and Elizabeth Barrow; great granddaughter, Abbi Womble.
Preceding him in death include his parents, sisters; Nettie Harrison and Hettie Lee Ulm, brothers; Raymond, Hershell and Marvin Womble.
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During World War II he served his country with the 401st Bombardment Group stationed at Deenthrope, England. He was the ball turret gunner on a B17 flying fortress. On May 28, 1944, his plane was shot down over Dessau, Germany. Seven of the ten crew members survived. He spent eleven months and one day in a German prison camp before being liberated by Patten's armored division. He was awarded several medals of honor including the Purple Heart. After his discharge from the air Force.
Johnnie married Joyce Shiver Womble, who passed away in 1947. After her death, he moved to Thomasville and lived there the rest of his life. He retired from the Georgia Department of Labor in 1986 after working there 30 years. He was a member of Dawson Street Baptist Church where he attended the Grady Burgess Sunday School class. He was also a member of the American Legion Post #31.
On December 8, 1967, Johnnie married Ann Ryan Pafford Womble who survives him. Other survivors include; son and daughter-in-law Stan and Leigh Womble, daughter and son-in law Carla and Scott Barrow, grandchildren; Sterling, Stuart, and Seth Womble and Elizabeth Barrow; great granddaughter, Abbi Womble.
Preceding him in death include his parents, sisters; Nettie Harrison and Hettie Lee Ulm, brothers; Raymond, Hershell and Marvin Womble.
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Johnnie Lamon Womble was a son of the late Walter and Jennie Womble. He graduated from Whigham High School in 1940 and attended Freeman Business School in Albany, Georgia.
During World War II he served his country with the 401st Bombardment Group stationed at Deenthrope, England. He was the ball turret gunner on a B17 flying fortress. On May 28, 1944, his plane was shot down over Dessau, Germany. Seven of the ten crew members survived. He spent eleven months and one day in a German prison camp before being liberated by Patten's armored division. He was awarded several medals of honor including the Purple Heart. After his discharge from the air Force.
Johnnie married Joyce Shiver Womble, who passed away in 1947. After her death, he moved to Thomasville and lived there the rest of his life. He retired from the Georgia Department of Labor in 1986 after working there 30 years. He was a member of Dawson Street Baptist Church where he attended the Grady Burgess Sunday School class. He was also a member of the American Legion Post #31.
On December 8, 1967, Johnnie married Ann Ryan Pafford Womble who survives him. Other survivors include; son and daughter-in-law Stan and Leigh Womble, daughter and son-in law Carla and Scott Barrow, grandchildren; Sterling, Stuart, and Seth Womble and Elizabeth Barrow; great granddaughter, Abbi Womble.
Preceding him in death include his parents, sisters; Nettie Harrison and Hettie Lee Ulm, brothers; Raymond, Hershell and Marvin Womble.
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During World War II he served his country with the 401st Bombardment Group stationed at Deenthrope, England. He was the ball turret gunner on a B17 flying fortress. On May 28, 1944, his plane was shot down over Dessau, Germany. Seven of the ten crew members survived. He spent eleven months and one day in a German prison camp before being liberated by Patten's armored division. He was awarded several medals of honor including the Purple Heart. After his discharge from the air Force.
Johnnie married Joyce Shiver Womble, who passed away in 1947. After her death, he moved to Thomasville and lived there the rest of his life. He retired from the Georgia Department of Labor in 1986 after working there 30 years. He was a member of Dawson Street Baptist Church where he attended the Grady Burgess Sunday School class. He was also a member of the American Legion Post #31.
On December 8, 1967, Johnnie married Ann Ryan Pafford Womble who survives him. Other survivors include; son and daughter-in-law Stan and Leigh Womble, daughter and son-in law Carla and Scott Barrow, grandchildren; Sterling, Stuart, and Seth Womble and Elizabeth Barrow; great granddaughter, Abbi Womble.
Preceding him in death include his parents, sisters; Nettie Harrison and Hettie Lee Ulm, brothers; Raymond, Hershell and Marvin Womble.
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