James Reynold Johns, Jr.

James Reynold Johns, Jr. of Tioga, TX passed away on March 27, 2019 at the age of 66.  He was born on December 25, 1952 to Grace Dibble Johns and James Reynold Johns in Oneonta, New York.

Jim and his wife Janet were married in 1979 and just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.  They are the proud parents of their daughter Cody Anne.

Jim was an avid amateur radio operator for over 50 years.  His extra class call sign is KA0IQT.  He thoroughly enjoyed a long career using his electrical engineering degrees and MBA to build and manage high speed telecommunications projects.  Jim was an active volunteer contributor to the AMSAT ARISSat 1 satellite project working primarily on the Software Defined Radio (SDX) module and a member of the AMSAT FOX satellite project working on the satellite spaceframe simulator.

Jim is a registered professional engineer (in Colorado) with over 40 years of experience in electronic systems design/deployment and program/project management.  He has been a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for 42 years and currently holds the membership grade of Senior Member of IEEE.  In the past, Jim served on the ANSI X3T9.5 Standards Committee developing the standards for CDDI (copper PMD), Station Management (SMT) and FDDI II (Isochronous communication over FDDI).

Jim loved the outdoors and spent many vacations camping with his family.  He will be remembered as a kind and loving husband and father who had a passion for technology.  He enjoyed many volunteer activities that needed his special engineering skills.  In his spare time, Jim loved mentoring students in robotics.

Jim is survived by his loving wife Janet and daughter Cody Anne.  He is also survived by two brothers, Thomas Johns and Martin Johns.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Jonathan Reichman officiating.  Burial will follow in the Tioga Cemetery.  A visitation will be held the hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00 AM.