John "Johnny" Bruce Safrit Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

John Bruce Safrit, Jr. (Johnny) passed away on Saturday December 14, 2019 at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, Salisbury, NC with several close friends around him. Born in Salisbury August 5, 1950 to John Bruce Safrit, Sr. and Frances Lowder Safrit, he graduated from Boyden High School and N.C. State University with honors. His degree was in Landscape Design and Horticultural Science with a minor in Genetics. Johnny was a life member of NC State Alumni Association. The employees at his business Safrit Landscape Construction relate what a good person and boss Johnny was. He was a member of the 2020 City planning committee, the Salisbury Tree Board, former member of the Hurley Park Board, former member of the Salisbury Community Appearance Commission, and he designed and installed handicap curbing throughout the city. Johnny landscaped some of the finest homes, churches, businesses and industrial properties in and around the Rowan County area for 39 years He was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of Everyman’s Bible Class. A parade of friends, church members and business people passed through the intensive care unit last week, all of them wishing they could do something for the person who had done so much for them. Preceding him in death were his parents John Bruce Safrit, Sr. and Frances Lowder Safrit and a sister Suzie Ann Safrit of Timmonsville, S.C. The Celebration of Life Service will be at First Presbyterian Church on Thursday Dec. 19 at 1:00 pm with entombment following at Rowan Memorial Park Mausoleum officiated by Dr. Randy Kirby and Rev. Josh Musser Gritter. In lieu of flowers, Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 128 S. Tryon St., Suite 1588, Charlotte, NC 28202 or First Presbyterian Church, 308 W. Fisher St, Salisbury, NC 28144. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Safrit family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

John "Johnny" Bruce Safrit Jr.

August 5, 1950 - December 14, 2019