Eddie L. Johnson

Published 10:11 am Friday, July 1, 2016

Funeral services for Eddie L. Johnson will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2016, in the Chapel of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home with the Rev. Earnest Johnson Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Visitation is 6 to 7 p m Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Johnson died Monday, June 27, 2016, at Merit Health River Region Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was 84.

He was a retired custodian for Vicksburg High School and was a member of the Pleasant Grove M. B. Church of Edwards. He was a veteran of the Korean War, having served in the U. S. Army.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnnie and Earthalene Donald Johnson; his daughter, Debra Ann Johnson; his brothers, Willie Johnson and Louis Johnson; and his sister, Ardelia Patterson.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years Lucy Johnson of Vicksburg; his son, Eddie L. Johnson Jr. of Edwards; his four stepsons, Leroy Drake of Covington, Ga., James Drake of Grand Prairie Texas, Michael Drake and Ricky Drake, both of Vicksburg; his daughter, Debra Kay Magee of Edwards, 16 grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and others.