Dianna Johnston

Dianna Johnston, a resident of Dothan passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2016.  She was 43.

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Sunset Memorial Park with Rev. Jean Tippit officiating and Robert Byrd directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 5-7 pm.

Mrs. Johnston was born on March 30, 1972 in Panama City, Florida and lived the early years of her life in Bonifay.  She was a 1990 graduate of Holmes County High School and attended Wallace Community College where she received her RN Degree.  Mrs. Johnston was employed with Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Special Procedures and most recently was working in the Intensive Care Unit.  She was currently attending Troy University to gain her Bachelors' degree in Nursing.  She enjoyed listening to music, going to the tanning bed, eating snacks, especially Peanut M & M's and Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, and loved spending time with her boys.  Mrs. Johnston attended Harvest Church.

Dianna was preceded in death by her father, Charles Faison, by her grandparents, Marguerite "Nana" Engel and Edward Engel, Lonnie and Jewel Faison.

Survivors include her husband, Buddy Johnston; her 2 sons, Ethan and Jack Johnston; her mother, Linda Faison; her brother, Thomas Faison; her sister, Vanessa Kevin Collins; her aunts, Elizabeth Deeken and Yvonne Faison; her sisters-in-law, Lisa Carraher, Pam Hughes, and Rebecca Tavill; her brother-in-law, Alex Johnston; several cousins including, Cindy Clements; several nieces and nephews; a host of friends, coworkers, and patients who will miss her dearly.