JOHN NORMAN GARNER WAS BORN ON MARCH 27.1939. IN ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER. TO JOHN AND ANN GARNER. HE TRANSITIONED PEACEFULLY AT HOME. ON NOVEMBER 6. 2025 SURROUNDED BY LOVE FROM HIS FAMILY AND DOGS. JOHN SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN ATLANTIC CITY. NJ WHERE HE CREATED A LIFE FULL OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AT THE AGE OF 12 HE STARTED DELIVERING MILK. HE ENJOYED GOING TO THE DRIVE IN MOVIES WITH HIS EARNINGS. HE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PLESANTVILLE.NJ THROUGHOUT HIS SCHOOL YEARS. IN HIS ADULT YEARS HE GREW A LOVE FOR THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AND BEGAN PLAYING IN THE BANDS. MIRACLE WORKERS AND SOUL SPECTACULARS. WHERE HE PLAYED AT LOCAL BARS SUCH AS. LINDA'S ROOM. CLUB HARLEM. WALTS. REGGIE EDGHIILL'S SILK TOP HAT. DADDY LOUS AS WELL AS BARS LOCATED IN VINELAND. PHILADELPHIA. AND WILDWOOD. HE WORKED FOR ATLANTIC COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS FOR 15 YEARS. WHERE HE EARNED A PLETHORA OF CERTIFICATES AND RETIRED IN 2001. OVER THE YEARS HE'S MADE A MULTITUDE OF FRIENDS WHOM HE WOULD HANG OUT WITH AT THE VFW. SAM'S RIATTOS. AND WASH'S INN. HE ENJOYED DONATING TO ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA. JOHN MADE IT HIS BUSINESS TO GO OUT WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO RESTAURANTS AND OUTINGS AS OFTEN AS HE COULD. HE ALSO HAD A LOVE FOR GIVING TREATS AND KIND GESTURES TO THE WORKERS HE FREQUENTED MOST SUCH AS THE MAIL PERSON. BANK TELLERS AND BAR TENDERS. ALONG WITH THAT HE WOULD GIVE HIS GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRAND KIDS A "LITTLE SOMETHING" AS HE WOULD SAY FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT. HE WAS MOST KNOWN FOR HIS ABLITIES TO KNOW THE WEATHER BEFORE THE WEATHERMAN AND. KEEP EVERYONE LAUGHING. EVEN IN HIS MOST SERIOUS OF MOMENTS. SOME OF HIS MOST ADORED THINGS INCLUDED WRESTLING. JAZZ. WESTERNS. AND ANIMALS. HE WILL BE TRULY AND DEEPLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALIKE.

CHILDREN: JACQUELINE GARNER HARMON AND DELRITA (JEFFREY) JACKSON
GRAND-CHILDREN: MALIKA (DIVINE) YOUNG. STEPHEN WASHRNGTON JR. JEFFREY JACKSON JR. JASMINE. MARIE. AND JUSTINA GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN: JAHROHZ. JEREMIAH WASHINGTON. ELI WASHINGTON. KIEMELLA. ELIJAH. JAEDYN. SAVANTA. SELBY. JORDAN. AND STERLING.
SIBLINGS: DAVID (PRISCILLA)GARNER.AND BETTY ANN GARNER PRE-DECEED BY: HIS PARENTS JOHN AND ANN GARNER. SIBLINGS MARY. AND CAROL. AUNTS AND UNCLES NIECES AND NEPHEWS: RYAN GARNER