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Dr. Joseph Benjamin Johnson

Atlanta, Ga/grambling, La, Louisiana

Age 83

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Dr. Joseph Benjamin JohnsonAtlanta, GA/Grambling, LA - Dr. Joseph Benjamin Johnson, 83, died Tuesday, January 2, 2018, in Fayetteville, Georgia. Dr. Johnson was the third president of Grambling State University and the seventeenth president of Talladega College, a native New Orleanian, educator,...

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Joe my line partner at GC 1958
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RIP. EDNA JOHNSON

To the Johnson Family, you have our deepest condolences. Dr. Johnson was a great educational leader and a wonderful role model. Thank God for the time we had with Dr. Johnson. Sincerely, Leroy Douglas from the Third Ward of New Orleans, host of the show, Voices of the Village, WBOK radio and Carrie Mingo Douglas, GSU alumna.

God has given us a life span of 70 and 80 years if we are strong. May you celebrate a life well lived and loved by many. Psalms 90:10

My condolences to your family. Your father and my father (Noel Hayes) were very good friends in high school. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

My Sincerest Condolences To The Johnson Family...
(G.SU. Alumni)
God Bless.

I didn't know your father but I do know my friend Mrs Gladys Martin of Hammond. La and she always spoke so highly of her brother Dr Joseph Johnson ! I felt I knew him because all of the wonderful conversations we had about how proud he was of his children and grandchildren. A man among men ! My prayers are with the family to continue his beautiful legacy ! Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning ! A life well lived ! God only chooses the best ! He fought a good fight , he...

Yolanda and family, I will cherish the memory of your father's kindness, warmth and humor. May he rest in peace with your beautiful Mother.

The Final Salute

Brothers in Arms, Military men and women down through the centuries, have traditionally exchanged Hand Salutes as a sign of recognition and as a way to render courtesy and respect one to another.

This Hand Salute is the last that we shall render to Dr. Joseph Benjamin Johnson, PhD our Brother-in-Arms. To his family it symbolizes the love and respect that we have for Dr. Johnson. To Dr. Johnson it is rendered as a symbol of honor and gratitude to thank him...

Yolanda, please know that I am praying for you and your family.