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Jack Johnson, a pioneer packinghouse owner, dies

Jack D. Johnson, who built Western Carolina Auction Co. into a large packinghouse operation, died on March 4.

By Bill Moss, Published: March 11, 2015

Jack D. Johnson, a jovial packinghouse operator who built the family business into one of the largest produce distributors in the region, died peacefully on Wednesday March 4, at Mission Hospital. He was 80.

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