Bobby Irwin JOHNSON

Dark Corner Cemetery
Lincoln County, Arkansas

Oct 29, 1929 - June 8, 2018

Bobby Irwin Johnson, age 88 of Dumas, AR departed this life on June 8, 2018.
He was born October 29, 1929 to Derwood Johnson and Audley Freeman Johnson in Hamburg, AR and was the eldest of three children and was raised in Wells Bayou, AR. Bobby graduated from Dumas High School at the age of 16. He attended Arkansas Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas, and taught and coached basketball at Star City High School and Dumas High School. Bobby was a Marine Corps Veteran who served during the Korean War. Bobby was a member of Smyrna Missionary Baptist Church and was a 32nd degree Mason.

His was a life well lived. He was an adventurer, an athlete, a coach, a Marine, a Mason, and a Shriner. He was a pilot, and he built paper mills in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. At the age of 73 he bought his first motorcycle and made trips to Alaska, Nova Scotia, and many other places across the country with his dear friends. Most of all, he was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and Christian.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Derwood and Audley Johnson of Dumas, his first wife Billie Jean Johnson, his second wife Anne Lewis Johnson, and his son Kerry Brett Johnson.

Bobby is survived by his daughter, his sister, and his brother. He is also survived by his granddaughters, and his great grandsons, and Liam Field, who he affectionately called ‘BoJo’, as well as a host of extended family and friends.

Services will be Monday, June 11, 2018 at Smyrna Missionary Baptist Church at 2:00pm followed by burial Dark Corner Cemetery with Bro. Sluggo Norris and Bro. Steve Hoskins officiating. Music provided by Darnell Norris Ausbrooks and Melba Bradley. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Smyrna Missionary Baptist Church or St. Jude’s. Pallbearers: Victor Harper, Mark Harper, Clay Wynn, Ronnie Donaldson, Brandon Holloway, and Sam Norris. Honorary Pallbearers: Andrew Pickens, Berzent Blagg, Billy Bert French, A.O. French, and Vernon Flemister.

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Submitted: 3/27/19 • Approved: 3/29/19 • Last Updated: 4/1/19 • R1262087-G0-S3

Bobby Irwin JOHNSON

Dark Corner Cemetery Lincoln County, Arkansas

Additional JOHNSON Surnames in LINCOLN County

Dark Corner Cemetery
Lincoln County, Arkansas