Lena Woods Gillin

March 10, 2021

Lena Woods Gillin of Greeneville passed away Wednesday morning at her home. She retired from Magnavox and was a member of Overlook Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband: Paul W. Gillin; four sons and two daughters-in-law: Roy and Revonda Johnson, Russell and Becky Johnson, Mike Johnson, and Andrew Johnson all of Greene County; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; one brother: Fox Linebarger Jr. and his wife, Hazeline, of Pelzer, SC; step-son: Steve Gillin of North Carolina; special daughters-in-law: Kathy Johnson of Greeneville and Debbie Johnson of Alabama; “special sister”: Cynthia Barner; and a host of friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her husbands: Albert Guy Johnson and Sam H. Woods; six children: Alfred Lee Johnson, Elbert Johnson, Susan Ann Johnson, Conley Charles Johnson, Mary Linda Chappell, and David Johnson; granddaughter: Megan Johnson; parents: Fox and Nellie Linebarger; sister and brother-in-law: Moease and George Craft. The family will receive friends from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8 p.m. on Saturday at Doughty-Stevens Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Doughty-Stevens Chapel with interment to follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Tennessee Rescue Squad State Chaplain Weston Morgan will officiate. Her sons and grandsons will be pallbearers. The family extends special thanks to Adoration Home Health and Amedisys Hospice.