Ms. Sandra Elaine Johnson Paschket, age 61 of Nashville, a native of Sparta, passed away at 11:48am Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Sandra was born July 29, 1962 in Sparta, Tennessee to the late James Edward and Peggy Sue Cole Johnson. She had a long marketing career; however, her true passion was found as an artist. She was a skilled painter and photographer. Well known for her sense of humor, she also loved fashion, music, traveling and her beloved dog. She will be well remembered for all these things as well as her fighting spirit against her illness.

In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her brother Michael "Mike" Johnson; grandparents, Grace Johnson, Waymon and Nola Cole.

Surviving family members left to cherish her memory include her two daughters Rachel Elaine Paschket and Hannah Rae Paschket

Sister: Susan Hutcheson

Aunts: Virginia Cantrell, Mary Parman, Evelyn Cole, Pamela Cole

Uncles: Gary Cole and Earl Johnson

A host of cousins and close friends also survive

Funeral services will be conducted 1:00pm Thursday, September 21, 2023 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Elrod Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 11:00am Thursday at Hunter Funeral Home. Kevin Shrum and Clint Walker will officiate.

Charles Duckett, John Rust, Earl Johnson,Jr., Clay Aldridge, Joe Ott and Rob Cole will serve the family as pallbearers.