John Matthew Dykeman of Woodstock, GA, passed away on January 24, 2025. Mr. Dykeman was born on October 21, 1958, in Rome, NY to Bruce and Edith Dykeman.

John earned an educational specialist degree from Piedmont University and worked as a college professor in math at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, GA. He loved and delighted in teaching and watching his students grow. John married his love Elizabeth Anne Dykeman on June 15, 1978, in Orlando, FL

He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. He loved God, his family, and good food. He was a joker, finding something funny in all situations and he found joy in his grandchildren. He loved German culture and spoke German fluently, even founding a German club at the college where he taught. He was outgoing, smart, and loved meeting new people and regaling them with jokes and stories. He never met a stranger.

John is preceded in death by his parents, Edith Marie and Bruce Gerald Dykeman, his brothers Tony Ray and Mark Andrew Dykeman, and his son John David Dykeman.

He is survived by his loving wife for 46 years, Elizabeth Anne Dykeman; sister, Karen DeAnn Moll; brother, Jerry Michael Dykeman; daughters Kathryn Elizabeth Jones, Carolyn Anne Mei, LiPing Michelle Sperin, and Shoyee Marie Dykeman; son Andrew Bruce Dykeman; and grandchildren Mika Chole Jones, Madeline Elizabeth Jones, Patrick Kai Mei, Olivia Kairai Mei, Caleb Kaiden Mei, Alaric Andrew Dykeman, Lillian Kaili Mei, and Eli Kaixi Mei.