After a lengthy 14 year battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma, Katelin Mercedes Johnson age 36 of Doyle, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 2, 2026 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Katelin was born November 18, 1989 in Sparta, Tennessee. She was a devoted wife, mother and member of the West Sparta Church of Christ where she was an inspiration to the church for her strength and unwavering faith, even on her most trying days.

Katelin is preceded in death by her mother Melissa Ann Measles Kell who died November 6, 2025; grandparents, Linda Sprout, Paul Measles, Charles and Kaytella Fuqua.

Surviving family members left to cherish her memory include her loving husband Shayne Johnson of Doyle

Son: Malachi Young of Sparta

Daughter: Whittney Astrid Yott of Sparta

Father: David Fuqua of McMinnville, TN

Sister: Katerina Hill of Sparta

Grandfather Oren Sprout of Cookeville, TN

Funeral services will be conducted 1:00pm Thursday, February 5, 2026 at West Sparta Church of Christ with burial in Old Blue Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 10:00am Thursday at the church. Derrick Coble will officiate.

Shayne Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Wayne Allen Grantham, Zack Young, John Pauley and Malachi Young will serve as pallbearers.