Charles E. "Ducky" Johnson

Charles E. Johnson Charles E. "Ducky" Johnson, 60, of Grand Ridge, passed away Sunday, April 22,2007, at Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center with his wife and children at his bedside. The graveside services will be at 10 a.m. CDT Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at Johnson Memorial Gardens located on Sand Ridge Church Road, with the Revs. William Walker, Kelvin Johnson and James Barwick officiating. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. CDT today, April 24, at Mr. Johnson's home, 7095 Providence Church Road in Grand Ridge. The crew of Ducky Johnson House Movers has been asked to be pallbearers. Flowers will be accepted, if desired; donations may be made to the Children's Miracle Network at Shands Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 100386, Gainesville, FL 32610 in honor of his love for children. James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel in Marianna (850-482-2332) is handling arrangements. He was the owner of Ducky Johnson House Movers for the past 38 years and owner of Blondie's Food and Fuel. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Carolyn R. Johnson; two sons, Tracy Johnson (and wife Sheela) and Charlie Johnson (and wife Nicole); two daughters, Lori Johnson Chason (and husband Joseph) and Kimberly Johnson Gainer; his mother, Jeanette Price Johnson; ten grandchildren, Noah Damian, Ireland Jade and Johnny Johnson, Jessie Hosey and Christina Berry, Londyn, Cambraige, lane Chason, Morgan and Turner Gainer; one goddaughter, Nikki Shaw; eight brothers, Clarence Wayne Johnson (and wife Carolyn), Bruce Johnson (and wife Wilma), Charles F. Johnson (and wife Shirley), Calvin Johnson (and wife Charlene), Curtis Johnson (and wife Wendel), Carl Johnson (and wife Shirley), Clifton Johnson (and wife Linda) and Clarence E. Johnson (and wife Yvonne); six sisters, Jane Dykes (and husband Billy), Sybil Cloud (and friend Donnie Fowler), Bertha Clayton, Dimple Poloronis, Eulene Trurig (and husband Don) and Susie Hutto (and husband James); a host of nieces and nephews; and a devoted secretary of many years, Ellen Shaw. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his father, Noah A. Johnson; three brothers, Blondie, Cleve and Carlos Johnson; a daughter-in-law, Lori Ann Johnson; infant grandchildren, Sarah and Charles Gainer; a brother-in-law, Doug Cloud; and his father- and mother in law, Erwin and Vernice Mae Cloud.