Roosevelt Johnson

Published 12:00 am Sunday, January 3, 2010

NATCHEZ — Services for Roosevelt “Roe” Johnson, 82, of Natchez, who died Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at Natchez Community Hospital in Natchez, will be at 2 p.m. today at Wilderness Baptist Church.

Burial will follow at Wilderness Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the church.

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Mr. Johnson was born July 21, 1927, in Adams County, the son of Albert and Mammie Johnson.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers; four sisters; and one niece.

Survivors include one son, Tyrone Paxton of Dallas; one daughter, Shunda Wilson of Natchez; one stepson, Barry Wilson of Natchez; one sister, Mammie “Percy” Wilson of Houston, Texas; one devoted niece, Thelma Daniels; five grandchildren, Martinique Wilson, DeBarius Lewis, Tadarius Wilson and Khamora Reason, all of Natchez, and Torre Paxton of Jackson; two sister-in-laws, Dorothy Johnson and Edna Johnson; one special cousin, Katy Dukes and a host of other family and friends.