Individual Details

Johnnie Ray Kirkpatrick

(4 Jan 1926 - 8 Jul 2013)

Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, Wednesday, July 10, 2013: Johnnie Ray Kirkpatrick, 87, of Gardendale passed away on July 8, 2013. He was a faithful servant of the Lord as well as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was born in Parrish on Jan. 4, 1926. Johnnie served in the U.S. Army during WW II. He worked at White Dairy for 35 years then had a second career at BMC Princeton. He was a member of Decatur Highway Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roscoe and Bettie Kirkpatrick; and by his brother, Mack Kirkpatrick. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Ruby Herron Kirkpatrick; his sons, Mike (Linda) Kirkpatrick and Max (Susan) Kirkpatrick; his grandchildren, Todd (Ashley) Kirkpatrick and Emily Kirkpatrick; and his great-grandsons, Eli and Ethan Kirkpatrick. Services will be Thursday July 11, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Crestview Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time on Thursday. Burial will be at Walker Memory Gardens. Crestview Memorial Funeral Home, Adamsville; 205-682-2252.

Events

Birth4 Jan 1926Parrish, Walker Co., Alabama
Marriage1944Ruby Nell Herron
Military31 Aug 1944Fort McClellan, Calhoun Co., Alabama
Death8 Jul 2013Gardendale, Jefferson Co., Alabama
Alt nameJohnnie R Kirkpatrick
ResidenceWalker Co., Alabama
BurialWalker Memory Gardens, Jasper, Walker Co., Alabama

Families

SpouseRuby Nell Herron (1927 - 2017)
ChildMike Kirkpatrick ( - )
ChildMax Kirkpatrick ( - )
FatherRoscoe Kirkpatrick (1898 - 1979)
MotherBettie McMillan (1902 - 1997)
SiblingMack Huston Kirkpatrick (1921 - 1993)

Endnotes

1. 1930 Census Walker Co., Alabama.

2. National Archives and Records Administration, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online..

3. Obituary of Johnnie Ray Kirkpatrick, Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

4. Obituary of Johnnie Ray Kirkpatrick, Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

5. National Archives and Records Administration, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online..

6. Obituary of Johnnie Ray Kirkpatrick, Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, Wednesday, July 10, 2013.

7. National Archives and Records Administration, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online..

8. National Archives and Records Administration, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online..

9. Obituary of Johnnie Ray Kirkpatrick, Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, Wednesday, July 10, 2013.