Jerry Lee Johnson, Sr.

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Mr. Jerry Lee Johnson, Sr., 69 of Lake City, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016 at the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City.  Mr. Johnson was a native and lifelong resident of Lake City and a graduate of Columbia High School class of 1966.  Mr. Johnson was also a graduate of the Florida Barber College in 1968 and had worked for the Blanche Barber Shop and the VA Hospital.  He was also the owner of Jerry L. Johnson Construction in Lake City.  He was a veteran of the United States Army and he retired from the Florida National Guard.  Mr. Johnson was a member of Hopeful Baptist Church, the Lake City Masonic Lodge #27, the Scottish York Rite, the Lake City Shrine Club, the B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge of Lake City #893 and the Pounds Hammock Hunting Club.  He was preceded in death by his father, Seeber Carl Johnson and three siblings, Alice Elizabeth Johnson Hill, Mary Evelyn Johnson Shaw and Seeber Ray Johnson.

Survivors include his two children, Jerry Lee Johnson, Jr. (Michelle), Trenton and Jennifer Lynn Johnson Joseph, Blackshear, GA; his mother, Gracie Johnson, Lake City; four grandchildren, Walker Lee Johnson, Lake City, Michael Austin Joseph, Blackshear, Ashleigh Kate Joseph and Anna Grace Joseph all of Blackshear, GA; the mother of his children, Kate Johnson Burch (Dailey), Gainesville. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 3:00

PM in the Chapel of Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph Rodriguez and Rev. Larry Sweat officiating.  Interment will follow at Mt. Tabor Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service on Sunday from 2-3:00 PM at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center, 6037 W US Hwy 90, Lake City, FL 32055. 

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