More detail on this person: Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. today at Crestwood Cemetery for
Johnny Gann, 69, who died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.
Chaplain Matt Rose will officiate. Burial will be
in Crestwood Cemetery. Crestwood Funeral Home
is in charge of services. Mr. Gann was a retired
U.S. Army veteran, having served over 23 years. He
served his country honorably as a pilot and became
an instructor training helicopter pilots for the
entirety of his career. He retired as a chief
warrant officer third class. He served in Vietnam,
Korea, Thailand and numerous stateside
assignments. He received numerous awards and
decorations from both the U.S. Government and
foreign countries for his actions and service.
He was a craftsman and so much of a perfectionist
that it was comical to his family. He could build
or fix anything and loved fishing. He was a 1963
graduate of Southside High School.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John and
Margie Gann; and sister, Susan Freeman.
He is survived by children, Carol Rintamaa, John
(Denise) Gann and Kelly (Matt) Clark;
grandchildren, Sam Rintamaa, Jack Rintamaa,
Brice Moyer, Sarah Moyer, Frances Gann; brother,
Edwin (Kay) Gann; nieces and nephews, Barbara
Gann, Jimmy Gann, Ami French, Steve Freeman
and Ric Freeman.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be
made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the
Etowah County Humane Society.
Special thanks to Brenda Monzon and her family of
Poplarville, Miss.
The family will meet friends graveside at
Crestwood Cemetery at 2 p.m. today.
Published in The Gadsden Times on Feb. 18, 2015
Burial information: Crestwood Cemetery
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