OBITUARY NAME: BOBBY LEE JOHNSON, SR. , AGE 71, A LONG TIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: JANUARY 1, 1937 TO SPENCER JOHNSON AND CASSIE FISHER AT THE WILSON COMMUNITY NEAR LANE, OK. WHERE HE WAS RAISED BY HIS BELOVED GRANDMOTHER, ELLEN FISHER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008 AT THE MERCY HEALTH CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA AGE 71 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS EDUCATION : BOBBY ATTENDED ATOKA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DUNBAR SCHOOL MARRIED: HE MARRIED BETTY ROSE PIERCE ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1956 AT THE COAL COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN COALGATE , OKLAHOMA. THEY LIVED FOR A TIME IN KANSAS, TAFT AND THEN ATOKA. MILITARY: BOBBY ENLISTED IN THE U.S.ARMY AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AS A MEDIC OCCUPATION: HE WAS A CONTRACT LABOR IN THE CONCRETE BUSINESS CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: BOBBY WAS A MEMBER OF THE 4TH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA, A MEMBER OF THE DUNBAR WILDCATS BASKETBALL TEAM, WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAS "JOHNSON PARK" IN ATOKA NAMED AFTER HIM. BOBBY LOVED SPORTS OF ALL KINDS IN PERSON AND ON T.V. HE PLAYED SPORTS IN SCHOOL, COACHED BASEBALL, REFEREED BASKETBALL, WITH HIS REFEREE PARTNER, CLYDE YARBOROUGH, HE LIKED SINGING AND GOSPEL AND BLUES MUSIC, LOVED TO PLAY DOMINOES, BID WHIST, SPADES AND DEBATING POLITICS. BOBBY WAS A MENTOR TO A LOT OF ATOKA YOUTH. HE WAS ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE ATOKA HOUSING AUTHORITY . HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR, HE LOVED TO TEASE AND MAKE OTHERS LAUGH. SURVIVED BY SISTER: JANET JOHNSON OF DALLAS, TX. CHILDREN: BOBBY JOHNSON JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. ALESHA LILLY AND HUSBAND WILLIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. MARCEDES JOHNSON, MONTANA JOHNSON, BOBBY JOHNSON AND TYREEK JOHNSON ALL OF ATOKA GRANDCHILDREN: KINDRA GREENWOOD OF ATOKA JERRY HARRISON AND WIFE TARA OF JOPLIN, MO KARLAS BROWN OF TEXAS, LATASHA JOHNSON OF SACRAMENTO, CA. CHARDE JOHNSON OF HAYWARD, CA. 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DESHON, DEIONTAY, TEONDRE, SHAVON, SHAYLYNN, JUSTICE, KOBE, ASHTON, ELIJAH, ALAYSIA, JOSEPH 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD: DIAMOND DANIELLE NIECES: NATALIE COOKSEY AND ROBIN............ NEPHEWS: EDWARD BROWN AND STEFAN BROWN ALONG WITH MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SPENCER JOHNSON AND CASSIE FISHER JOHNSON BROTHER: EDWARD BROWN INFANT DAUGHTER: BRENDA JOHNSON GREAT AUNT: FRANCIS BROWN GRANDMOTHER: ELLEN FISHER ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL, ATOKA, OK OFFICIATING: REV. WILLARD HARRISON CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY JOHNSON, JR., JERRY HARRISON, DARRYL CRAWFORD, KARLAS BROWN, WILLIE LILLY, CLYDE YARBOROUGH, DeSHON HARRISON HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JESSE HARRISON, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, EDGAR VINSON, STEFAN BROWN , EDWARD BROWN, CLYDE SHIELDS FLOWER BEARERS: SISTERS OF FOURTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK