John Wyrick

John Russell Wyrick Sr., 79, of Okeechobee, Fla. formally of Salvisa, husband of Bonnie Cox Wyrick, died on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, at the Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee, Fla.

Born Feb. 3, 1939, in Marshall, Ill., he was the son of the late Julia and Wade Russell Wyrick.

He was US Navy veteran, worked as a electrician with Eli Lilly Company in Clinton, Ind. and attended the Oak View Baptist Church in Okeechobee.