Elijah Johnson Sr., died on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at Promise Hospital of Vicksburg. He was 79.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at Cool Springs Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Byron Maxwell officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, from 1 p.m. -7 p.m. at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.