Late in the evening of August 11th, John Harley Buchanan crossed the River – a journey that began October 1st, 1937 in Baldwin, Georgia and meandered through Cullowhee, North Carolina stopping next in Nashville then Bearwallow Road near Pleasant View and finally in Coopertown.
He was the second of identical twin boys born to William Harley and Maudie Viola who preceded him in death as did his wife Mary Elizabeth, his twin brother Larry and a great-granddaughter Aubrey Campbell.
He is survived by: his sons Roy, Johnny, Steve, Adam and Anthony; his daughters Teresa Myers and Amanda Chapman; his grandchildren Rachel Campbell, Joseph Buchanan, Katarina, Sarah and Adam Forgy, Bettye Buchanan, Sheyna Stone, Chloë Carriere, Ryan Hirsch, Kyla and Jacob Myers; his great-grandchildren Braylon Barbee, Austin, Evan, Alex and Kinsey Campbell, Briley, Blaine and MaryElla Stone, Peyton and Rylie Buchanan and Rory Carriere; his brother Joe Buchanan, his sister Jeanne Campbell and niece Valerie Buchanan.
Foremost dad was a man of faith, baptized in the Tuckasegee River as a teenager, nurtured at David Lipscomb College, a faithful member of the Pleasant View Church of Christ, a daily Bible reader, and a man who found peace in prayer because he believed in the goodness of GOD regardless of how tough life could be at times.
He was not afraid to work and sometimes held three jobs at a time to put food on the table for his family. And he was a PawPaw who loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren greatly – whether spending evenings and weekends watching them on the baseball diamond or the basketball court or playing card games and board games with them because that was what they wanted to do.
The older he got, the more he enjoyed watching sports. He cheered most for the Big Orange, the Atlanta Braves and the Tennessee Titans. You could tell whenever a play impressed him by his “Woo Hoo!” One of his greatest character traits was persistence – the ability and willingness to keep going through hard moments.
He honed this trait as a student by having perfect attendance every year in elementary and high school. He lived this trait as an adult by refusing to give up on people and loving them even when they were difficult to love. That is how he showed us that GOD is good.
Visitation will be Tuesday night August 15th from 4:00 to 7:00 at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Pleasant View. A second visitation the next day will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of his service at 11:00. James Hayes will speak. Glenn Myers, Adam Forgy, Briley Stone, and Austin, Evan and Alex Campbell will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Pleasant View Church of Christ Building Fund.
AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME in Pleasant View is in charge of these arrangements. 6316 Highway 41A, Pleasant View, Tennessee 37146 (615) 746-4433 www.austinandbell.com
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