JOHNNY WAYNE ZION

CHESTER - Johnny Wayne Zion, 72, died Monday, June 10, 2019, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Orrs Baptist Church with the Rev. Daniel Wightman and the Rev. Randall Runion officiating. Interment will follow in Chester Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester.

Mr. Zion was born March 15, 1947, in Kingsport, Tennessee, and was a son of the late Luther M. Zion and Eliza Starnes Zion. He was a graduate of Lynn View High School in Kingsport and also East Tennessee State University. Mr. Zion was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served during Vietnam. After the Air Force, the family relocated to Sumter in 1974, where he worked at SC DHEC until his retirement. He was a member of Orrs Baptist Church where he was a Deacon and a choir member.

He is survived by his wife of more than 28 years, Terri Boyd Zion; one son, Trevor Bauknight (Amanda) of Sumter; two sisters, Linda Abbott (John) of Gray, Tennesee, and Aleta Zion of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Zion was preceded in death by a brother, Paul Zion.

Memorials may be made to Orrs Baptist Church,1266 Lancaster Road, Chester, SC 29706, or Hospice Care of SC, 1639 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com.