John L. Gossett was the first child born to Dorothy Warren Gossett and Joe Gossett, Jr. on December 27,1944. He departed this life at John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 29, 2018.

John became a member of Shiloh A.M.E. Church at an early age. He served as Sunday School Superintendent and he sang in the choir.

John attended school at Lincoln High School in Camden, Arkansas where he graduated in 1962. He attended A.M. & N. College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas for three years before joining the Army.

He served in the Army for four years during the Viet Nam war, and was stationed in Germany.

John never married or had children.

John worked at Firestone in Prescott, Arkansas for forty plus years after which he retired.

John was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy and Joe Gossett, Jr., two brothers Charles Gossett, Paul Gossett, and a younger sister, Janise Gossett

He leaves to mourn, two brothers, Bill Gossett (Helen), Ricky Gossett, and one sister JoAnn Holliman (Bobby). He also leaves to mourn 8 nephews, 4 nieces, several great nieces and nephews, five aunts, Annie Gossett, Elouise Gossett, Minnie Gossett, Birdie Warren, and Zadie Massey, and a host of cousins.