Tuesday Evening

Jamie Paul Johnson

Jamie Paul Johnson, 54, of Jayess, died March 29, 2008, in a house fire at his residence.

Visitation is 5 to 9 tonight at Providence Baptist Church in Jayess. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Revs. Steve Smith and Will Wall officiating. Margaret Ard and Mendy Johnson will provide music during the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello in charge.

Mr. Johnson was born Jan. 30, 1954, in McComb, to James Herman and Frances Fenn Johnson of Summit.

He was a retired conductor with Illinois Central Railroad and a member of Providence Baptist Church. He graduated from North Pike High School in 1972 and still holds the record for most points scored in a single basketball game. He attended Southwest Mississippi Junior College before going to work with ICRR on Feb. 9, 1973. After retiring from the railroad, his job was to be a great, loving “pawpaw.”

Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by a son, Jeremy Paul Johnson; a brother, Jackie Darryl Johnson; grandparents, Hilton and Myrtle Fenn, John Lewis Johnson, and J.W. Bales and Ethel Roberts Johnson Bales; two nephews, Josh and Dustin Johnson; and his parents-in-law J.W. and Irma Niece Miller.

Survivors include his parents; his wife, Judith Kay Miller Johnson of Jayess; two sons, Randy Johnson and friend Tracey Clower, and Scott Johnson and wife Mendy, all of Jayess; three grandchildren, Haven, Heidi and Hib Johnson; five step-grandchildren, Katelyn, Josh and Chris Reid, Logan Costilo and Rylie Clower; one sister, Sondra J. Bell and her husband Randy of North Carolina; four nieces, Brooke and Kayla Johnson, Brandi Walker and Jamye Bullock; a brother-in-law, Larry Miller and his wife Linda; and a sister-in-law, Clara Miller Herrington.