Charles David "Charlie" Johnson
L&G
Lewis & Gillum Funeral Homes
28 Harding Ave., Jackson, Ohio 45640
(p) 740-286-2010
Charles David “Charlie Dave” Johnson or just “Charlie”, of Jackson, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus at the age of 72. He was born August 15, 1952, in Gallipolis, Ohio to the late Bill L. and Anna Jean (Wickline) Johnson.
Charlie was part of the JHS graduating class of 1970. After, he attended Cincinnati Business College. He was a member of the United States Air Force from 1971-1981. He served his country in Germany, Korea, Washington D.C., Dover, Delaware, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Charlie lived in Jackson, Ohio from 1981-2021, where he made countless friends. He was a member of the Jackson Jaycees, Disabled American Veterans Chapter #45, Jackson Amvets Post 84, and the Jackson First Presbyterian Church of Jackson. Charlie called Bingo at the DAV for many years, he also served as honor guard chaplain for the DAV for numerous years.
He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Judy (Rich) Taylor; nieces and nephews, Shawn Taylor, Courtney (Connor) Campbell, Chad (Staci) Taylor, Max Taylor, Sam Taylor, Ben Taylor, Lili Taylor, and Eli Taylor.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his grandparents, Charles and Nora (Hensley) Johnson, Charles Wickline and Viola Jones Wickline, and David Scott Hutchison.
Services and visitation hours are pending under the direction of the Lewis & Gillum Funeral Home of Jackson. Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery in Jackson with military honors provided by both the United States Air Force and the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #45. Please check back for service times. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating in his memory to; Jackson High School Athletic Dept., payable to “Jackson City Schools”, please include on check memo “In memory of Charlie Johnson” 500 Vaughn St., Jackson, Ohio 45640 and/or the Jackson Amvets Post 84, 208 Broadway St., Jackson, Ohio 45640, and/or the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 45, 170 Pearl St., Jackson, Ohio 45640. Online condolences may be sent to www.lewisgillum.com.