Reverend Isaac Johnson

Reverend Isaac Johnson, age 84, born January 10, 1925, died peacefully December 19 in Nacogdoches, Texas. Rev. Johnson was born in Rolf, Okla., and in the 1930s fled the dust bowl with his mother, aunt and uncle to resettle in Arp, Texas. There he met, courted and married his wife of 66 years, Sue Butler Johnson. During WWII he served in the Marine Corps until honorably discharged after a training accident. Upon his return to Arp, he was called into the ministry, and received a BA in Theology from East Texas Baptist College (Marshall) while pastoring his first church in Bryan Mills, Texas. After graduation he became the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, Texas, where he remained for 34 years. While there he earned a masters degree in psychology from Southern Methodist University. He ended his pastoral career at Martin Springs Baptist Church (Chandler, Texas), where he served the Lord for 23 years. Rev. Johnson is survived by his wife Sue; children, Isaac Johnson Jr. and his wife, Jackie, of Tyler, and daughter Laurie Johnson Nielsen and her husband, Dr. Mark Nielsen, of Nacogdoches, and three grandchildren, Beau Johnson of Whitehouse, Deana Johnson Attaway of Tyler, and Matthew Nielsen of San Antonio. He had the pleasure of enjoying two great grandsons, Dusty and Kolton Johnson, and two great granddaughters, Alli and Cameron Attaway. Funeral services will be at the funeral home at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 22, with Pastors Russell Kuhns and David Tidmore officiating, subsequent internment at Ebenezer Cemetery in Arp, Texas immediately thereafter. The family requests that memorials be made to the Martin Springs Baptist Church, 8809 County Road 3408, Chandler, Texas, 75758. Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler.