John W. Johnson, age 84, passed away peacefully at home on November 5, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born on July 23, 1937 in Elsberry, Missouri to Wallace S. Johnson and Dorothy L. (Douglas) Johnson. He and his siblings enjoyed playing on their Grandparents farm in Elsberry before moving to Omaha, Nebraska with the family as a young boy. John was a business-minded man who owned and operated clothing and music stores in Omaha, Nebraska, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington. However, he spent his most recent years with his loving wife in the warm and friendly city of West Memphis, Arkansas. He loved the Lord and began preaching the gospel in his early years and is known to many as minister Johnson. He was a loving husband to his beautiful wife Marie. He loved his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren deeply.
John is preceded in death by his father Wallace S. Johnson, mother Dorothy L. (Douglas) Johnson, grandparents Earl F. and Izora (Harvey) Douglas, grandmother Susie (Ross) Johnson, daughter Regina (Johnson) Martinx sons Dedan Boyd and Walter Boyd, brothers Earl L. Johnson & Alonso Johnson and sister Janice L. (Johnson) Dryden.
He is survived by his wife Marie Johnson, brother Merrill L. Johnson, sister Sharon M. Johnson-Nugent, brother Michael P. Johnson, and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Family, friends and others whose lives John touched are invited to his celebration of life at Albertson’s Funeral Home at 1775 N. Sherman Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46218 on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Visitation is 11:00am-12:00pm EST. Service is at 12:00pm EST.