JOHN LESLIE DOLLAR, 63, OF ARIZONA CITY, ARIZONA, DIED PEACEFULLY ON FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 2023, IN MESA, ARIZONA, WITH HIS LOVING WIFE BY HIS SIDE.

HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF NINE CHILDREN BORN ON FEBRUARY 25, 1960, IN ALBANY, GA., TO THE LATE CLARENCE LEE DOLLAR AND COLLIE MAE DARLEY DOLLAR.

JOHNNY WAS A SELF-PROCLAIMED "MAMA'S BOY" AND "SIMPLE MAN". HE WAS LOYAL AND LOVED BY HIS FAMILY, AND HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. HE ENJOYED BEING OUTSIDE, RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE, OR FISHING ON THE WATER. JOHNNY ALSO ENJOYED VISITING THE CASINO, WORKING WITH HIS HANDS TO MAKE METAL AND WOODCRAFTS, AND COOKING, ESPECIALLY HIS SISTER BETTY'S BRUNSWICK STEW. HE LOVED LISTENING TO SOME GOOD, SOUTHERN CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL; MOLLY HATCHET WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES, AS WAS LYNYRD SKYNYRD, WHICH WAS PLAYING DURING HIS LAST BREATHS. JOHNNY ALSO LIKED TO SING AND WRITE MUSIC; HE COLLABORATED WITH THE GROUP MESSENDGER AND WAS CREDITED FOR HIS WORK ON THE GROUP'S ALBUM IN 1982.

HE WAS A MASTER CARPET INSTALLER, LAYING CARPET FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND ADDING HARDWOOD INSTALLATION OVER 20 YEARS AGO. HE WAS VERY GIFTED AND TALENTED AT HIS JOB. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HIS FINISHED PRODUCTS.

JOHNNY IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE LINDA; BROTHERS ROBERT AND WIFE WANDA DOLLAR AND CLARENCE LEE DOLLAR, JR.; BROTHER-IN-LAW GROVER KNEECE; A SPECIAL NEPHEW WHO WAS MORE LIKE A BROTHER, CHRIS DOLLAR; NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AS WELL AS GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS; AND HIS TWO PUPS, RUDY AND TEE TEE.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, CLARENCE LEE DOLLAR AND COLLIE MAE DARLEY DOLLAR; STEPSON ROBERT RIVENS, JR.; SISTERS BETTY DOLLAR KNEECE AND JOYCE DOLLAR; AND BROTHERS BOBBY DOLLAR, JIM DOLLAR, CHARLES "BUTCH" DOLLAR, AND RONNIE DOLLAR.

JOHNNY WAS LOVED BY MANY AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. HE WILL BE CREMATED, AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NO SERVICE SCHEDULED.

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