O. D. Johns
Orbra Dean Johns
302 Marsheutz Ave.. Huntsville. Ala.;
BIRTH: Nicholasville, Ky., Jan. 6. 1922
WIFE: Francine Cooke
CHILDREN: One
BAPTIZED BY: C. W. Scott, July, 1938
BEGAN PREACHING: Nicholasville, Ky., 1940
TRAINING: Freed-Hardeman College, Cincinnati Bible
Seminary, University of Cincinnati.
Anderson College, Anderson, Ind.
CHURCHES SERVED: Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1944-46, 31st
Street. Anderson, Ind.. 1946-47. Highland Avenue, Jackson,
Tenn.. 1948-52:
RADIO: WCKY, Cincinnati, Ohio, WTJS, Jackson, Tenn.,
weekly, Huntsville, Ala.
MEETINGS PER YEAR: Five to ten;
PERMANENT CONTACT: Allen Johns, Nicholasville. Ky.
OTHER FACTS OF INTEREST: Has conducted meetings in nine
states. Now working with Mayfair church, Huntsville, Ala.
Preachers of Today, Vol. I, p. 177.
Brother and sister Johns are buried at the Ridgecrest
Cemetery in Jackson. On the I-40 in Jackson, take the
Highland Street South exit and turn left at the first
intersection. Go about a mile and the cemetery is on the
right.
The Johns tombstone is lettered the same on both sides.
GPS - N 35* 40.013' W088* 49.347'