Name: Hampton Vaughan Crestview Funeral Home & Memorial Park
Address: Wichita Falls, TX

Thank you Alex a Beautiful tribute to my brother your dad praying for healing and strength in Jesus holy name God bless you ♥️🙏

My heart is overflowing with sadness, I can’t believe that you’re gone. Hopefully with time the tears will fade, but I will love you always and forever.  I miss you Johnny , Your sister, Dora Ann

This was my AIT class photo, I was 3rd from the right, PFC Hollans.

Johnny was the one who helped me get through the beginning times of my military career. He pulled me aside and redirected my way of thinking. And then later on in my military career we connected again at the same place where it all started. This time I came back as an instructor, he was retired and now a civilian. As time passed our talks and fishing trips he gave me the knowledge to actually run the facility and later become the Detachment 1SG for the whole program. Johnny was a Mentor, a friend and a father figure to me.

To all Mr. Johnny Levatte Family, to the Levattes, to the Cratics, and all that knew John, my deepest Sympathy and Condolences. I can speak of the fond memories He and I have shared over the past decades. It started over 40 years ago. I first met Mr. Levatte when I attended a military course at Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. He was an instructor at the course. As He introduced himself to the class, he told everyone that he was from a town no one knew of, Damascus, Ga. I raised my hand and said, not only did I know the town but I knew his Brother Larry D Levatte Sr . From that moment on, fate took over. Three years later, I would become an instructor at the same course. John would become my mentor, my big brother, my friend. Some 10 years later, I would submit John's resume to the Government Contractor Company I was employed with, of course with John's expertise he got the job, we travel and worked together in South Korea, moments I treasured to this day. From time to time I would revisit Wichita Falls, always visiting my friend John. John the Brother, Uncle, Father, the Friend, the Entrepreneur, is more than the characters used to write this post. John was one of the most important men that I have met in my life. To go to Ethiopia, Africa to find his Queen is the love story that is made into movies. John loved his wife, his daughter, his son, and his four legged companion. I thank God that he looked beyond my first meeting with John and seen an everlasting friendship. From dining, to fishing, to playing cards, to working together, John was one of the most courageous and interesting men I have ever known.
You may not know me, but because of John I know you and the love and the pride that he had for his family and the place he was raised. As sad as the news I received from Dora Levatte-Tiggs , yet I rejoice knowing that John and I shared a season together on this planet. I pray strength, comfort, peace, forgiveness, and Love for all affected.
God Bless Beloved

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Johnny Levatte

December 8, 1942 – August 25, 2026

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