Andrew Ricks Johnson, 83, died January 2, 2023, at home.

Mr. Johnson was born in Dublin and raised in the Rockledge/Minter communities and attended Wilkes and East Laurens High School where he graduated in 1957.  He attended Southern Technical Institute and graduated, with honors, in 1960 receiving an Associate in Science Degree in Building Construction.

Mr. Johnson enjoyed a career in the construction of commercial and institutional buildings in Oklahoma City, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, Texas over a period of forty-seven years.  Retiring in late 2007, he moved back to the Dublin area and has enjoyed fishing and wood working.

Mr. Johnson is preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Dewey and Etta Ricks Johnson of Rockledge, a brother, Mendel of Louisville, and an infant sister Dorothy.

Survivors include his wife, Gayle Graham Mertz Johnson; daughter, Sybil Horn (Donnie Daniel) of Crosby, TX; son, Michael; grandson, David Horn and granddaughter, Krystal Horn of Crosby, TX; sisters, Josephine Jackson and Saralynn Cooper and extended family Mike Mertz (Cheryl), Beth Kimbro (David) and several grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home, Dublin Ga. on Friday, January 6th from 5pm to 7pm.  Funeral services will be held at Christ Episcopal Church, Dublin on Saturday January 7th at 11am. with interment in the Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near Rockledge.

The deceased has requested no flowers.  His philosophy was to give flowers to the living.  Contributions may be made to the Building Fund of Christ Episcopal Church.