C C (Petey) Johnson, Jr.

A service celebrating the life of C C “Petey” Johnson will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 28, in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA. It will be led by the Rev. Anthony Dharmaraj, MSFS, of St. Rita Catholic Church in Alexandria, LA. Brett Hortman will share a reflection on his life on behalf of the family. Interment will follow at Fern ParkCemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 27, in the funeral home chapel.

Mr. Johnson, 75, died peacefully on Saturday, June 21. A native of Natchitoches, LA, was the fourth of five children born to C C (Pete) and Anna Grace Elliott Johnson. He graduated from Natchitoches High School in 1968, and in 1973, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Northwestern State University.

He began his career as a teacher and coach at Natchitoches Central High School and then worked at Kaffie-Frederick with his mentors, John Titus Frederick and John Levy Frederick, for several years. He later worked in hardware sales for Stratton Baldwin, and in 1985, he purchased Eckard Hardware in Alexandria, developing the business into a statewide source for locks and architectural hardware.

His passion was duck hunting and fishing. He spent countless hours in the great outdoors of Cane River, Snake Lake, Chee Chee Bay with his son, Thomas, and his lifelong friend, Dennis Arthur, finding peace in the stillness of a forest at dawn or the ripple of the lake at sunset.

In 2008, Mr. Johnson married the former Janet Waters, and together they made their home in Natchitoches, where they were active members of the Krewe of Dionysos, where he reigned as Duke of Dance VIII in 2006, King XV in 2013, and he served as Captain XIX in 2017 and Captain XX in 2018. Together they traveled across the United States, but they particularly loved New Orleans, Lake Tahoe, and Mexico.

He is survived by his wife; his children, Thomas Wayne Johnson of Alexandria; Anna Laura Johnson Angel and her husband, B.W. of Oakdale; and Marie Yvonne Johnson Wilson and her husband, Jared, of Alexandria; his step children, Mandy Roberts Owens and her husband, Jason, of Marion, AR; Jeffrey Nicholas Roberts of Fayetteville, NC; his four grandchildren and five step grandchildren; Thomas Wayne Johnson Jr., of Alexandria; Bradley Ross, Benjamin (Ben) Luke, and Andrew (Drew) Cade Wilson, all of Alexandria; Mallory Elizabeth Owens of Charleston, SC, Jackson Ronald Owens, and Hudson Carter Owens of Marion, AR; and Maggie Elizabeth Roberts and Dash William Roberts of Fayetteville, NC; and two sisters, Floy Ann Johnson Law and Hona Lou Johnson Graham, both of Walker.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Grover Johnson; his sister, Linda Sue Johnson; his aunt, Martha Elliott; Hona and John Titus Frederick, and Madeline and Harold Matthews.

Serving as pallbearers for Mr. Johnson will be his grandsons, Thomas Jr., Bradley, and Ben; Jackson Owens; and Luke and Sydney Frederick. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons, Drew, Hudson, and Dash.