Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at St. James Baptist Church, 6319 S. Bayou Black Drive in Gibson with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his son, Barry Lee Jones (Stephanie); mother, Velina Matthews Johnson; brothers, Herbert Johnson, Payton Johnson, Sr., Conis Johnson, Henry Johnson, Horace Johnson (Betty), and Raynard Johnson; sisters, Gwendolyn Johnson, Zenobia Thomas (Henry), Zeboria Short (Glenn, Sr.), and Beverly Ortiz (Anibal); and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, William Herbert Johnson; brother, Michael James Johnson; sister, Gerry Lee Johnson; paternal grandparents, Earl, Sr. and Zenobia Hannibal Johnson; maternal grandparents, Andrew and Ella Cross Matthews.
Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.