Charles Mechell Johnson

Charles Mechell Johnson, 64, retired Realtor, and resident of Grand Prairie, Tx., died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 908 Whetstone Street in Marshall, Tx. Burial will be at Nichols Cemetery in Marshall. Visitation will be 1 to 8 p.m. at historic Baker Funeral Home, 301 East Rosedale St., Fort Worth, Tx. The wake will be 7 to 8 p.m. at the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Charles Mechell Johnson was born Dec. 10, 1946, in Marshall, to Walter and Thelma Myrtle Johnson.He attended Dunbar Elementary and Pemberton High School in Marshall. He graduated Wiley College Class of '70 receiving a B.S. in Biology. He attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Houston, Tx. and graduated in 1977 with a Juris Doctor of Law. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and received the National Defense Service Medal, Sharpshooter (Rifle M-16) and Marksman (Pistol 45 cal). Charles was a superb athlete, an avid golfer and scholar. He accepted Christ into his life at an early age and joined St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Marshall. He is survived by his wife, Deinna Mims-Johnson of Grand Prairie; father, Walter L. Johnson Sr. of Marshall; brother, Walter (Sadie) T. Johnson of Fort Worth; brother-in-law, Reginald Alexander of Atlanta, Ga.; sisters, Myrtle Melvin of Houston, and Vermeta (Thomas) Montgomery of Waco; nephews and nieces, Shaun Whitehead of Waco, Shaylon Montgomery of Arlington, Kendra Savage of Arlington, Vonda Melvin, Vincent Melvin and Victor Melvin of Houston, Tracy L. Alexander of New Orleans, La., Derrick Perry of Wichita Falls, and Nathaniel Alexander of Portsmouth, Va.; and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends. Peoples Funeral Home

This obituary was originally published in The Marshall News Messenger.