Rev Jack Daniel Johnson

Rev. Jack D. Johnson, Jr.
August 12, 1939 - March 15, 2014

Rev. Jack D. Johnson, Jr., age 74, of Amarillo passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. A time for the family to receive friends will be Wednesday, March 19, 2014 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at LaGrone Blackburn Shaw Coulter Road Chapel. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 2:00 pm at LaGrone Blackburn Shaw Coulter Road Chapel with Rev. Jesse Turner, Sr. officiating and eulogy by Rev. Donald Newsome.  Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Rev. Johnson was born in San Antonio to Jack D. and Gladys (Smith) Johnson on August 12, 1939. He graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School in San Antonio and the Amarillo College Seminary Extension. He has lived in Amarillo since 1966. He married Ruby Turner in Amarillo on August 11, 1979.  He retired after working 37 years at Pantex as an engineering technician, but his true devotion was to New Jerusalem Baptist Church which he pastored since June 1989.

He loved playing softball and coaching Kids Inc. football.  He was an avid fisherman and hunter and he loved to entertain others with humorous stories about his life experiences.  Rev. Johnson had a heart for evangelism, which led to the opportunity to preach at a church in Croatia which was supported, in part, by New Jerusalem.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Dorothy Duvall, Dora Ziegler, Marie Hawkins and Elizabeth Johnson; and one brother, James Johnson.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 34 years, Ruby of Amarillo; three daughters, Jacqueline Ford (Darrell) of San Antonio, Pamela Coleman of San Antonio, Lisa Johnson of Houston; three step-daughters, Phyllis Osikha of Arlington, Rhonda Newsome of El Paso and Andrea Simmons (Kevin) of Pearland; and one step-son, Rev. Donald Newsome of Amarillo; eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph Johnson (Shirley) of San Antonio and Vernard Johnson (Bonita) of El Paso; two sisters, Ruby Lindsey (James) and Lorraine Roberson of San Antonio; a sister-in-law, Patricia Johnson; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

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