John
Willard
Rhyne
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Frank Rhyne
and Mary Alice (Kennedy) Rhyne
Brother of
Jack Rhyne
Husband of
Jean (Cooper) Rhyne
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
in Port Orange, Volusia, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2020
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Biography
John was born in 1928. He was the son of Frank Rhyne and Mary Kennedy. He passed away in 2017. John Willard Rhyne, age 88, passed away on January 20th, 2017 at home in Port Orange, FL (formerly of Clinton, TN) after a long illness.
He was born on August 15, 1928 in Clinton, TN and was preceded in death by his brother Jack Rhyne, parents Frank and Alice Rhyne and his loving wife of 60 years Jean Cooper Rhyne.
Children G. Rhyne (Trudy), Greg Rhyne (Vickie), Cynthia Rhyne Pike (David) and Susan Rhyne.
He also leaves behind five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
John attended Clinton High School. He joined the U.S. Army in 1946 and served in the military police in the occupation of Japan as part of the 25th Infantry Division.
John and Jean were married on November 12th, 1949. After several jobs in the newspaper printing industry he went to work for Capper Engraving Company in 1953 and retired from the company as Production Superintendent in 1995.
In later years, John & Jean were world travelers, with his favorite country being New Zealand, which they visited three times.
In 2002, John participated in a Band of Brothers European Tour and met a group that became lifelong friends.
They called themselves The Band of Cousins. He enjoyed many years of get togethers, where they told their stories of life experiences.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 August 2020), memorial page for John Willard Rhyne (15 Aug 1928–20 Jan 2017), Find a Grave Memorial no. 175631157, citing Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Sandy (X) Daugherty
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