Deacon Robert Johnson

Mr. Robert Johnson, son of the late, Paul and Earline Johnson, was born on July 30, 1942, in Charleston, South Carolina.  Robert received his formal education in the public-school systems of Charleston County, and attended Bonds Wilson High School, during his early teenage years.  At the age of eighteen, he became a truck driver and would drive long distance runs throughout his entire career; until his retirement in the late 1980’s. 

A man of love, he was united in Holy Matrimony to Mrs. Clara Mae Jones for over eighteen years, and this union would be blessed with four wonderful children.  He would then be joined in Holy Matrimony to Mrs. Sarah Burgess and this union would be blessed with a new bonus family and twenty-five years of marital bliss until his passing. 

Affectionately known as “Bobby”, he was a true man of love and life.  His favorite past time was fishing and watching the old westerns on television.  Everyone the knew him, knew that he was the “Unofficial” comedian for the family.  His sense of humor was like no other and kept him going, even in and through his sickness. 

During the morning hours of Wednesday: May 31, 2023, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend traded his time on earth for an eternity with his Heavenly Father.  Preceding him in death along with his parents is one son, Dexter Johnson: stepmother, Ophelia Johnson: siblings, Larry Johnson, James Johnson, Ronald Johnson, Van Johnson, Carolyn Johnson, Paul Johnson, Jr., Shirley Pendergrass, Roosevelt Pendergrass, Tommy Fields, Robert Fields, and Janica Gadson. 

Left to cherish the legacy of his life are, loving and devoted wife, Sarah Johnson of the home: children; Jestine (Bryan) Mood of Ladson, SC, Robert (Cristina) Johnson, Jr., of Summerville, SC; and Levern Johnson (Special friend, Tonya Birdtail) of Savannah, Georgia: Step-children; Lamia Lisbon of Moncks Corner, SC, Sherrice Lisbon of Goose Creek, SC, and Duane Lisbon of Walterboro, SC:  grandchildren; Bryan Mood, II (BJ, named after his granddad), Justin Mood, Kevin Mood, Jessica Johnson, Brittany Johnson, Jada Whittington, Tayler Lisbon, Madison Collins, Zaria Moss and Jamal Jones: great-grandchildren; Kingston Mood, Audrey Mood, Brielle Mood, Ja’Ton Reese, Jayce Mood and Demetrius “DJ” Caupian: sisters; Onethia Maxey, Patricia (Robert) Newman and Veronica Fields: brother; Gary Johnson: sisters-in-law; Barbara Brown, Carol Carter, Lavern Williams and Elizabeth London: brothers-in-law, Charles Maxey, Sr. and Nathaniel Burgess: special niece, Nichole Brown: Special Nephew, Richard ”Rootman” Brown: Best friend for over sixty years, Theodore “Big Rock” Howard; Two close friends, Deacon Freddie Kirkland and Apostle John Burgess: along with a host of other relatives and friends. 

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