Stanfield, John Wesley

Family Man And Father Figure To Many

  • Saturday, October 21, 2023
John Stanfield
John Stanfield

John Wesley Stanfield, 74, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, October 19, surrounded by loving family members.

He was most of all a family man—a son, brother, loving husband and Dad, uncle, cousin, proud Pappaw. He was even "second Dad" to his little sister and a father figure to many of his daughters’ friends as they were growing up. He will be greatly missed.

John was preceded in death by his Dad, Clifford Jack Blaylock and daughter, Rachel Stanfield and granddaughter, Jessica McGrath. Those he leaves behind include: his mother, Rosa Knox Blaylock; his wife, Joanne Sterchi Stanfield; daughter, Carla Smith; stepdaughters, Rachel Elliott (Phil), Jill Wilson (Travis), Virginia Sterchi and Sarah Sterchi Wade (Zach); brothers, David and Kevin, and sister, Karen Burrows and half-sisters Jeanne Farrow and Jo Ann Laymon; eleven grandchildren: Brannan Moncier; Avery Smith; Evan, Celia, and Will Elliott; Hannah Weaver; Tyler and Josie Wilson; Jackson and Norah Sterchi Wade and their baby sister, Hazel, “on the way.”

Funeral services will be held on Monday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. at the Coulter of Lane Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Chattanooga Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5-7 p.m. and Monday from 12 p.m. until the hour of the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Arrangements are entrusted to Lane Funeral Home on Ashland Terrace, www. Lanefh.com, 423 877-3524.

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