Owl Creek Lighthouse

08/18/2026

Praise to the Lord. This is from Linda Salisbury...

With a very thankful & grateful heart I want to thank everyone for all your Prayers you sent to our Heavenly Father on Bailey’s behalf I am proud to say after 23 days in the NICU she came home Saturday her siblings were over the moon as was the rest of us I apologize for this late posting God bless each and every one

08/14/2026

Here is Duane's obituary.
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Duane Lloyd Johnson, 75, of Stockdale, Ohio passed away peacefully after an extended illness at the Select Specialty Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on August 13, 2026 at 11:31 A.M surrounded by family and friends. Duane had been a patient at the Chillicothe VA where he loved his caregivers and staff. Duane was born June 2, 1951 to Harry Lloyd Johnson and Velma Cockrell Johnson Bowman of Waverly, Ohio, and graduated from Waverly High School in 1969 where he was a member of the Waverly Tigers football team for many years. After graduation, Duane joined the U.S. Army as a door gunner in Vietnam. He was a proud member of the 101st, 199th first aviation Brigade. He was most proud of his many military accomplishments, to name a few: crew serve wings; cross of gallantry; civil defense; Vietnam green, yellow, red; W4 stars; Vietnam green and white ribbon; good conduct medal; E4 aviation BDE cord; his orange, light blue cord; especially his expert rifle, pistol, bayonet award, and many more.
Duane is survived by his loving and caring wife Marcia Brown Johnson, whom he married on May 26, 1990. His children include Melody Dawn Johnson (Bryan), Duane Thomas Johnson (Crissy), Stone Aramis (Edy) Johnson (Lucas Welday), and his two grandchildren who he dearly loved, Taila Hodge (Cody) and Wylo Ruiz Johnson and her father Vicente, his brothers Dan Johnson of Waverly, Ohio and Elbert Thomas Bowman, and brother and sisters-in-law Joe and Mary Smith, Marleen Weidner (Gary), Frank and Tami Brown, Melodie Mattox and many nieces, nephews, and cousins, as well as special friends Gerry, Junie, Sherman and Sofia Salisbury.
Duane is preceded in death by his parents Harry Lloyd Johnson and Velma Bowman, step-dad Elbert Bowman, brother Jim Bowman, and sister-in-law Becky Johnson.
Visitation will be held on Sunday August 16, 2026 at the Cox Burkitt Funeral Home in Beaver, Ohio from 1:00-3:00 P.M. followed by a funeral service at 3:00 P.M. with John Reedy officiating. Burial will follow in Stockdale Cemetery with military honors provided by the American Legion Merritt Post #142 of Waverly.
www.coxburkittfh.com

08/14/2026

The information we have at this time on Duane's service is Sunday from 1:00 - 300 pm at Cox Funeral home in Beaver. Burial will be at Stockdale cemetary, with a dinner following at Owl Creek Lighthouse Church.

Please contact Emma Slone @ 740-977-8064 if you are able to bring food or help out.

Continue the prayers for the family.

Marcia Johnson

08/13/2026

From Marcia...Duane passed at 11:31am today. The arrangements will be forth coming.

Please keep family lifted in prayer.

08/13/2026

Marcia is asking to please pray now.

08/12/2026

Linda Salisbury giving an update on her Granddaughter and her baby.

Another update on Bailey Yesterday she took a full bottle didn’t stop breathing and she even burped She’s still in the NICU they’re having Kaitlynn pump so they’ll always have breast milk on hand Told Kaitlynn maybe next week she’s getting so drained back and forth Please keep her and her babies in your Prayers

08/10/2026

Ma**ca is requesting prayer this morning for Duane. Please pray for Marcia also. Very difficult time for them.

08/05/2026

Ma**ca's update on Duane today....

We have arrived at Select specialty care 1430 S. High St., Columbus. His room is 215 on the second floor. He’s very close to the nurses station. It is a very clean nice big rooms. I like it very much. Visiting hours are 9 to 9 every day with two people allowed to be in the room at a time Room 215 you must have your drivers license to get in and only two at a time can visit.

08/02/2026

Please pray for Linda Salisbury. She was out feeding this morning and a calf pinned her hand against the wall. It scrapped the skin from her hand. It may need stitches.

08/02/2026

Update from Marcia 8/2/26

They will do another bronchi scope after they do a chest x-ray in the morning. X-ray tonight showed that his left lung was completely white, which means it was filled again.
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Received this text from Marcia.

They're gonna do another chest x-ray today. He seems to be filling with fluid again after the chest x-ray and I will talked with the doctor.

Needs lots of prayer.