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112 and his grandsons, Joseph Mathis and Ian Mathis, both of Lenoir City. <br /> 113 <br /> 114 A graveside funeral service with full military honors provided by the U.S. Air Force will be held at Pine Crest Cemetery, where he will be laid to rest next to his mother, at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2026, with Rev. Mark Hickman officiating.<br /> 115 <br /> 116 Please share your memories and photos of John on his online guest register at <a href="http://www.vanderwallfh.com/">www.vanderwallfh.com</a>.<br /> 117 <br /> 118 The family is being cared for by Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton, Tennessee.</font><br /> 119 </div></td> 120 </tr> 121 <tr></tr> 122 </table></td> 123 </tr> 124 <tr> 125 <td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div align="left"><img src="images/menu-bottom2026.jpg" alt="menu" width="980" height="226" usemap="#Map2" border="0"/> 126 <map name="Map2" id="Map2"> 127 <area shape="rect" coords="11,42,80,56" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news.html" alt="news" /> 128 <area shape="rect" coords="11,59,84,74" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/lifestyle.html" alt="lifestyle" /> 129 <area shape="rect" coords="13,77,88,95" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/business.html" alt="business" /> 130 <area shape="rect" coords="11,96,90,111" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/sports.html" alt="sports" /> 131 <area shape="rect" coords="10,110,93,127" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/travel.html" alt="travel" /> 132 <area shape="rect" coords="201,34,294,56" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/dining.html" alt="dining" /> 133 <area shape="rect" coords="201,59,289,78" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/entertainment.html" alt="entertainment" /> 134 <area shape="rect" coords="198,78,314,92" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/smoky-mountains.html" alt="smoky mountains" /> 135 <area shape="rect" coords="194,92,311,109" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/opinion.html" alt="opinion" /> 136 <area shape="rect" coords="200,109,310,126" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/legal-notices.html" alt="legal notices" /> 137 <area shape="rect" coords="509,36,587,56" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/advertise.html" alt="advertise.html" /> 138 <area shape="rect" coords="509,58,633,78" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/place-legal-notice.html" /> 139 <area shape="rect" coords="802,114,820,134" href="https://www.facebook.com/knoxdailysun" target="new" alt="Facebook" /> 140 <area shape="rect" coords="826,114,846,139" href="https://twitter.com/knoxdailysun" target="new" alt="X" /> 141 <area shape="rect" coords="850,114,869,136" href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/knoxville-daily-sun/3a/3a6/b1a" target="new" alt="linkedin" /> 142 <area shape="rect" coords="872,111,894,134" href="https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/feed.xml" alt="RSS feed" /> 143 </map> 144 </div></td> 145 </tr> 146</table> 147<map name="Map" id="Map"> 148 <area shape="rect" coords="39,5,1018,348" href="travel/2021/great-fall-getaways.html" /> 149</map> 150</body> 151</html>
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