Johnny Bill Lutz

Johnny Bill Lutz, son of the late William Charles and Stella Mae (Wright) Lutz, was born December 23, 1929, in Paris, Arkansas, and passed away December 31, 2018, in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center of Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 89 years, 1 week and 1 day of age.

Johnny was united in marriage to Margie June Coble on September 29, 1951, in Harrison, Arkansas. Two children were born to this union. They made their home and raised their family in Wichita, Kansas; where they lived for several years. They moved to Missouri in 1975 and later moved to Mountain Grove and started the Independent Holiness Church. Johnny retired in 2006.

Johnny was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend. He will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him.

Besides his parents, Johnny was preceded in death by his wife, Margie, on May 6, 2006, a granddaughter, Sherlin Miller, two sisters, Anna Mae Hayes, and Wanda Jean Lutz, four half-brothers, Barney, Joe, Jack, and George Lutz.

He is survived by one son, Robert Dale Lutz and his wife, Debbie, and one daughter, Billie Jean Kuster, all of Mountain Grove, Missouri, one grandson, Jeremy Miller, two great-grandchildren, Jacob and Jordan Miller, one great-great-grandchild, Tate Miller, one brother, Frank Lutz and his wife, Bonnie, of Cabool, Missouri, three sisters, Dixie Hicks of St. Louis, Missouri, Mary Birnell of Green Castle, Indiana, and Linda Todd and her husband, Herman, of Saltillo, Texas, as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins who will miss him dearly.