John Lewis Sutton

December 12, 1951 - October 11, 2017

John Lewis Sutton, age 65, of Bowling Green, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana. Cremation rites were conducted by the Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green. John was born December 12, 1951 in Hannibal, the son of Donald Eugene and Beulah Bernice Wells Sutton. He married Joy Lynn Fairchild February 27, 2011. She survives. Other survivors include step children Aaron Fairchild (Dee) of Bowling Green, Christine Doyle of Bowling Green, Justin Fairchild (Jennifer) of Bowling Green and Brittany Fairchild (Keith Burt) of Bowling Green; 10 grandchildren; brothers Michael Sutton (Judy) of Eldora, IL and Greg Sutton (Jeannie) of Barry, IL; many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. John grew up on Barry, IL and lived the last 20 years in Bowling Green. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and was station in Germany as an MP. John worked at John’s Home Center in Quincy, IL and the last 10 years at the North Eastern Correctional Center in Bowling Green as an electrical technician. John loved spending time with his grandchildren. John’s passion was his music. He started playing guitar at 16 years of age. He played for various bands growing up and spent the last 30 years as the lead guitarist of the band Country Soul. Memorials may be made to the Siteman Cancer Center of the American Cancer Society.