John Erwin Harrington

John Erwin Harrington, born to William Walter Harrington and Anna Beatrice (Kirkpatrick) Harrington in Knoxville on December 2, 1928, passed away on March 14, 2014. John was a graduate of Knoxville High School (1946), a Veteran of the United States Navy, 32nd Degree Mason, a councilman on the first city council of Oak Ridge Tennessee, a Kentucky Colonel, a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher at Washington Pike Baptist Church, and retired from Hukill-Hazlett-Harrington Insurance Agency Incorporated in Cincinnati, Ohio. John is preceded in death by first wife, Elizabeth Mae Painter; parents, Bill and Bee; sister, Thena H. Wallace. He is survived by spouse Helen H. Harrington; three children, John Randall of Hamilton, OH, Thomas Merritt of Kingwood, TX, Tracy Elizabeth Coomer of Pleasant Plain, OH, and Gary Erwin Russell of Knoxville, TN; seven grandchildren, William “Bill”, Jenneane, Christine, Jason, Ray, Deborah, and Daniel; fourteen great-grandchildren, Sarah, Stephanie, Jed, Max, Jason, Trystan, Ireland, John, Devi, William, Landon, Liam, Rosa; brother, Walter and wife Marian; and sister, Grace H. Felker. Visitation will be held at Mynatt Funeral Home, Fountain City, on Sunday, March 16, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at Mynatt Funeral Home on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. with graveside services to follow at Lynnhurst Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Loy officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Washington Pike Baptist Church, 1700 Washington Pike, Knoxville, TN 37917