John Earl Travis Funeral Program

John Earl Travis was born December 8, 1945, in Pinola, Mississippi, to Luke Travis and Linnie Jackson Travis. He received his education at New Hymn School in Pinola, Mississippi.

John accepted Christ at an early age at New Zion M.B. Church. He later moved to Michigan to begin a career as a bus driver and later he drove for Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA). He was a truck driver for Walmart for over 35 years until his health failed.

John leaves to cherish his memory: his wife, Deborah Ann Travis; one son, Paul Christopher Marker; two granddaughters, Kennedy Marker and Chloe Spears; after his union with Deborah, Al (Victoria) Floyd, LaQuanta (Christopher) Powell, and Arthur Brown; eight grandchildren; brothers, Curtis (Evelyn) Travis and Bennie (Sarah) Travis; and sister-in-law, Marie Travis.

John was preceded in death by his parents, Luke and Linnie Travis; six brothers, Harold Travis, L.D. Travis, Hollis "Melvin" Travis, Eugene Travis, Sr., Joe Travis, and Luther "Sam" Travis; and two sisters, Katherine T. Sandiford and Katie Jean Garrett.