John Ercel Featherston, Jr., 61, of Arlington, Texas passed away Saturday, September 03, 2023. He was born in Arlington, Texas on September 11, 1961 to John Featherston and Rita Venable. John graduated from Arlington High School and began working as a junior draftsman before becoming a machinist. John had a lifelong career that he loved in the manufacturing industry as a machinist tool and die maker working for a number of machine shops throughout the metroplex, most notably Menasco Manufacturing Company in Euless where his father was an engineer 40+ years. He was married to Karen Williams on March 28, 2013 and together they had a blended family of 3 adult children, a daughter-in-love, and 2 grandsons. John had a passion for working hard and staying busy even after he stopped working full-time in 2008 and continued working as a self-employed independent contractor as well as a proprietor of a lawn and tree service, and later ran a successful online Ebay business buying and selling everything from tools to knives. John was especially passionate about collecting MANY THINGS from beautiful knives and old western style revolvers, western antiques, to Johnny West action figures that he had customized to look like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and many other famous actors from old TV Westerns and movies. He is survived by his daughter Brittaney Hendrix, his wife Karen and her children Wesley Dowd (Cyndee) and Kacey Dowd, grandsons Leo Caldwell and Waylon Dowd, sisters Dianne Sommerville, Susi Watson (Gary), and Kara Holmes (Scott) and numerous extended family members and a huge circle of friends that were like family to him.
A Celebration of Life event honoring John will be held at Crossroads Christian Church in Grand Prairie, Texas from 10:00am to 12:00pm on Monday, September 11, 2023.
Graveside Service will occur Monday, September 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Parkdale Cemetery, 701 Mary Street, Arlington, TX 76010.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.moorebowenroad.com for the Featherston family.
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