JOHNSON III, Ret. Col. Joseph L., 53, of Louisville, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
Joe was a retired Fire Colonel for the McMahan Fire Department. He was also a member of the Brothers Keepers Motorcycle Club.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Charles Cardwell grandparents, Regina and Jay Leonard Johnson; and other family, Doris and Ed Hammond.
Joe is survived by his children, Joshua and Jessica Johnson; granddaughter, McKenna Johnson; fiancée, Allison King and her daughter, Rowan Elizabeth King; parents, Charlotte and Joseph L. Johnson Jr., brother, Thomas Johnson; sister, Kirstie Amback; and grandmother, Ida Jo Cardwell.
Visitation will be Friday 12pm-8pm at Owen Funeral Home – Jeffersontown, 9318 Taylorsville Road and Saturday 9am-11am at Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane, with funeral service to follow at 11am. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Firefighter’s Cancer Support Network, www.firefightercancersupport.org