Services for Wesley Allen "Wes" Johnson, 54, Terrell, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at First Baptist Church, Wills Point, with Rev. Tom Hill, Rev. Don Myers and Rev. Mike Williams officiating.
Burial was White Rose Cemetery, Wills Point, under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home, Wills Point.
Mr. Johnson died April 23, 2008 in Terrell.
He was born, July 13, 1953, in Biloxi, Miss., to James Clyde and Elsie Evelyn Allen Johnson. He grew up in Wool Market, Miss., where he graduated from Harrison Central High, Gulfport, Miss. He served in the U.S. Army. He was married to Rhonda Magill for 25 years. He attended Dallas Baptist College and worked as a youth director at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. He earned an associate’s degree in Heating and Air Conditioning from Eastfield College in Mesquite. He worked for a short time with E-Systems and then Honeywell. For the past 21 years he worked for Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. as a senior specialist in automation controls. He was a founding member of Lakeridge Bible where he ministered in the youth department and led praise and worship for 20 years. He attended Center Point Bible Church for a short while and later moved his membership to Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall. He was a part of the Recovery for Life program at Lake Pointe for the last seven years where he ministered to hurting people. He participated in the Bill Glass Prison Ministry.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Elsie Johnson; sister, Johnnie Ruth McKay; and sister-in-law, Brenda Johnson.
He is survived by his wife of 11 months, Pennie Kay Johnson, Terrell; sons, Ben Johnson, Lewisville, and Brent Johnson, Rowlett; daughter, Brooke Johnson, Rowlett; stepdaughter, Rebecca Byrd, Dallas; stepson, Clinton Byrd, and wife Jennifer, Quinlan; grandson, Bransen Byrd.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Betty Johnson, and Fred Johnson, all of Sunset, and Mitch and Pam Johnson, Nacogdoches.
Memorials may be made to Recovery for Life Program at Lake Pointe Church, 701 E. Interstate 30, Rockwall, TX 75087.
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