Pastor Keith C. Johnson

KEITH CURTIS JOHNSON SR. WAS BORN  TO SCOTT AND SUSAN JOHNSON IN BLANCHARD, TEXAS ON DECEMBER 27, 1966. HE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLIN LIVINGSTON, TEXAS,GRADUATING IN 1985.AFTER GRADUATING HE BEGAN WORKING
AT WALMART, HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FROM THERE. HE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND PROVIDED WELL FOR HIS FAMILY.

KEITH WAS INTRODUCED AND ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE REV. WILL HILL AT THE GRACE HILL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. IN JULY OF 1995 HE PREACHED HIS FIRST SERMON, SUBJECT WAS “WAIT ON THE LORD” PSALM 27:14, ON FEBRUARY 11, 1996 HE WAS APPOINTED TO PASTOR THE ST. LUKE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH , AFTER HE BEGAN PASTORING GOD GAVE HIM A VISION TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH IN JUNE 2000 HE HAD THE FOUNDATION LAID AND IN 2001 HE HAD  THE BUILDING COMPLETED NOT OWING ANYONE ANYTHING THE  BUILDING WAS PAID IN FULL. HE WAS A GREAT PASTOR, LEADER, MENTOR, COUNSELOR, HIS LAST SERMON WAS “CHANCES, CHOICES, AND CHRIST” JOSHUA 24:14-15. HE TRULY LOVED GOD AND WAS GREATLY CONCERNED FOR THE SOULS OF PEOPLE.

IN 1986 HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, CLARA WRIGHT, ON MAY 3, 1988 THEY UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY, THEY WERE A GREAT TEAM , ON DECEMBER 10, 2010 HE ORDAINED HIS HELPMATE AS CO-PASTOR, SHE IS VERY DEDICATED TO THE MINISTRY AS WELL HE OFTEN PUSHED HER AND ENCOURAGED HER, HE BELIEVED IN GIVING OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR GIFTS. HE WAS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE, SON-IN-LAW, BROTHER-IN-LAW. HE WAS AN OUTGOING GOD FEARING MAN HE TRULY LOVED HIS FAMILY HIS PHILOSOPHY WAS TO MAKE MEMORIES BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE OUR LAST TIME.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON, KEITH CURTIS JOHNSON JR., BOTH PARENTS, SIBLINGS: JOHNNY JOHNSON, HENDERSON JOHNSON, FLORENCE HARRELL, ROXANNA HARRELL, HELEN JOHNSON HILL, ROBERT EARL JOHNSON, MOTHER-IN-LAW: DOROTHY WRIGHT.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES A LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE OF 33 WONDERFUL YEARS CO-PASTOR CLARA JOHNSON, LOVING AND DEVOTED CHILDREN:
MICHAEL JOHNSON (PRECIOUS), MONICA JOHNSON, KENTRELL JOHNSON (SARAH), BRANDON REECE, GRANDCHILDREN: Ji’SIAH, CADEN, DRAYDEN. FATHER-IN-LAW: FREDDIE WRIGHT. SISTERS:FLORA PICKENS, ORA JOHNSON, DEBORAH JOHNSON (DARRYL), JACQUELINE RANDOLPH (FLOYD), PAMELA ROBINSON (WILLIE),BOBBIE SCALES, LOIS RUDOLPH (EDWARD). BROTHERS: JAMES JOHNSON (ELDER ANGEL), LARRY JOHNSON, DOUGLAS JOHNSON (SELENA). SISTER-IN-LAWS: ELIZABETH HARRELL(PASTOR TIMOTHY), KIM WRIGHT (FREDDIE WRIGHT JR.), SHANEKA WRIGHT(ANDREW WRIGHT), GRACIE WRIGHT JOHNSON, BROTHER-IN LAW: RICHARD WRIGHT, A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES,OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

                                                ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
MICHAEL McDUFFIE                                                    CHRISTOPHER RANDOLPH
BRANDON PICKENS                                                             BRANDON THOMAS
BRANDON HENDERSON                                                        MARQUIS THOMAS

                                                HONORARY PALLBEARERS
MICHAEL JOHNSON                                                            KENTRELL JOHNSON
JAMES JOHNSON                                                                DOUGLAS JOHNSON
BRANDON REECE                                                                    FLOYD RANDOLPH
DARRYL BOOKMAN                                                                   LARRY JOHNSON
WILLIE  JOHNSON                                                                    RICHARD WRIGHT