ABBEVILLE. . .John Parker “ JP ” Champion, a resident of Abbeville, passed away early Friday morning, June 5, 2026, at his home. He was 66.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Family Life Building First Baptist Church Abbeville with Pastor Ricky Sowell officiating and eulogies to be given by Darden Kirby, Brendt Murphy and Rusty Champion. A private graveside service for the family will follow in the Shorterville Baptist Church Cemetery. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. Sunday in the Family Life Building.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Abbeville “Rebuild Fund”, P.O. Box 606, Abbeville, AL 36310.
JP Champion was born in Montgomery and raised in Shorterville, son of the late John Russell “Rusty” Champion and Margaret White Champion. He lived in Abbeville most of his adult lifetime. JP was a 1979 graduate of Abbeville Christian Academy and attended Sparks State Technical School in Eufaula where he received an Associates Degree in Electrical Technology. He was retired as the owner and operator of Wiregrass Plumbing & Electric of Abbeville. JP was a member of the First Baptist Church Abbeville and the Brown’s Crossroads Masonic Lodge No. 529. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Deloris Champion Bailey and Drenda Champion Williams and a brother, Mitchell Champion.
JP loved life, his friends, and enjoyed making a joke or getting a laugh out of everyone who crossed his path. To know him was to love him; and JP lived life to the fullest.
Surviving relatives include his wife of 39 years, Sarah “DeeDee” Messick Champion, two sons, Rusty Champion (Sarah) and Parker Champion (Abby), all of Abbeville; sisters, Russelle Champion and Dianne Champion, both of Abbeville; grandchildren, Carter Champion, Eli Champion, Becky Champion, Jackson Champion and JD Champion; numerous nieces and nephews.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Tae Hui Flowers, Troy Wilson, Brendt Murphy, Justin Murphy, Don Johnson and Robby Culp.
The family requests that all relatives and friends dress casual.
HOLMAN ABBEVILLE MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-585-5261.You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This firm does not own a crematory.
