Johnny Johnson, Jr.

He fought a courageous battle against cancer. But most importantly, he knew he was never fighting alone. He had the comfort of his Lord and Savior as well as the love and support of his family, his Old River Baptist Church family, his Targa family, Melissa's Barbers Hill ISD family as well as the entire community rallying behind him. His family is eternally grateful to everyone for their love, support, and especially the prayers.

Johnny was born on October 2, 1971, in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from Barbers Hill High School in 1990. He graduated from Lee College with an Associate's Degree in Instrumentation Technology. He had been employed by Targa Resources Inc. in Mont Belvieu for the past 17 years. He loved his work family and truly enjoyed going to work every day.

He had been a member of Old River Baptist Church since he was a young boy. He was at church every Sunday to worship his Lord and Savior. He loved his Sunday School class and the friendships that were formed through church. He taught the 6th grade boys Sunday School class for many years and enjoyed helping with the AWANAs program when his boys were in elementary school. He had fun leading the recreation time and helping with snacks at Vacation Bible School.

Johnny was best known for his great sense of humor and was always a jokester. He could always make people laugh. He loved spending time with his family and friends. He was an extremely competitive game player and always enjoyed healthy competition. Other hobbies he loved were hunting and especially bass fishing at Sam Rayburn Lake. He competed in the Fishers of Men Christian Bass Fishing Tournaments for many years.

He loved his wife, Melissa, so much and devoted his entire life to his family. His biggest pride and joy were his boys. He was a very loving and involved father who taught his boys about Christ, about work ethic, and how to be young men of character and integrity. He also loved spending time with his dog, Coco.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, his brother Carey Hodges, and his nephew, Spencer Hall.

He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Melissa Johnson of Mont Belvieu; sons, Austin Johnson and Chase Johnson; father, Johnny D. Johnson Sr. and wife Carolyn of Baytown; mother, Sandra Johnson of Old River; aunt, Kathie Blanchard of Baytown; uncle, Donnie Boyd of Athens; sister, Julie Berry and husband Shane of Old River and their children, Lexi, Jayden, Kayson and Karson; cousins Gary Wilson, Matthew Wilson and Jason Wilson; in-laws, Chuck and Shirley Harmon of Mont Belvieu; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Anita and Bubba Hall of Mont Belvieu; aunts, Sunnie Harmon of Mont Belvieu and Carolyn Joseph and husband Lee Neil of Spring; nephew Ashton Hall and wife Channing of Baytown and their children Kamryn and Alex; as well as other numerous cousins and many great friends.

His family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at Navarre Funeral Home in Baytown. A celebration of his life will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Old River Baptist Church. Officiating the services will be his longtime pastors and friends, Rev. Danny R. Biddy and Rev. Ronnie Webb. Burial will be held immediately after the service at Palms Memorial Park in Dayton, Texas.

Serving as pallbearers will be Jeff Biddy, Bubba Hall, Brandon Malone, Mike Osgood, Daniel Poole and Mark Schaeffer. Honorary pallbearers will be Tim Browder and Stephen Kinney.

In lieu of usual remembrances, the family requests that donations be made to Old River Baptist Church, 12948 FM 1409, Dayton, TX 77535.

To view his online obituary, or post a tribute to his friends, go to www.navarrefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, Texas, 77521.