- Date Of Birth: October 20, 1956
- Date Of Death: January 16, 2009
- State: Indiana
John Basil Goodnight, Jr., 52, of Peru passed away at 11:44 a.m.
Born October 20, 1956 in Tipton, Indiana he was the son of John Goodnight, Sr. and Irma J. Goodnight. On October 24, 1998 he was married to June Ellen Jameson at the Peru Knights of Columbus, and she survives.
He worked at Kokomo Gravel, Peru, and he enjoyed collecting Jeff Gordon Nascar memorabilia. He was a United States Army Veteran.
Other survivors include his father and step-mother, John Goodnight, Sr. and his wife Jerri, Peru; one daughter, Shauna Goodnight; three stepchildren, Troy Truax, Peru; Toni Truax, Peru; and Todd Truax and his wife Julie, Peru; eleven step grandchildren, and seven step great grandchildren; one sister, Becky (Terry) Phillips of Windfall and their childen, Therea and Valerie; one brother, Lloyd (Evelyn) Goodnight, Troy, Ohio; a stepbrother, James Harley Sparks, Jr., Peru; and aunts and uncles, Joe and Anita Albarado, Peru and George and Kathy Walker, LaFountain.
His mother and stepfather, Irma and James Harley Sparks, one stepsister, Karen Johnson, and one stepbrother, Kenneth Sparks preceded him in death.
