Master Sergeant Jimmy Lee Johnson, age 68, passed away at his home on Friday, August 27, 2021.

MSgt Johnson was born on December 8, 1952 in Damascus, Georgia, the son of Henry Johnson, Sr. and Eloise (Henderson) Johnson. He graduated from Northside High school in Havana, FL in 1971 and enlisted in the US Air Force. After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas he was sent Direct Duty Assignment to his first duty station.

MSgt Johnson's first duty assignment was to the 17 ^th Security Police Squadron at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio where he served as a Close-in Sentry, Close Boundary Sentry, Security Alert Team Member and an Entry Controller to priority A and B resources from July 1971 to January 1973.  He was then transferred to the 51 ^st Security Police Squadron at Osan Air Base, Korea from January 1973 until January 1974 where he served as a security guard and an entry controller. MSgt Johnson was then assigned to the 321 ^st Missile Security Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota and worked as a Flight Security Controller and a Keys and Codes Controller from January 1974 until January 1979.  He then returned to the 51 ^st Security Police Squadron, Osan Air Base Korea where he served as an Alert Area Supervisor, Security Response Team Leader, Assistant Flight Chief and as the primary Flight Chief from January 1979 until January 1981. His next assignment was to the 351 ^st Security Police Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri where he served as a Security Response Team Leader, Armed Response Team Leader, Entry Controller, and as the Security Flight Sergeant from February 1981 until retirement.

MSgt Johnson was promoted to his current grade 1 March 1986. MSgt Johnson's awards and decorations included the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal with one device and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters.

On November 23, 1974, he and Choe Chong Sun were united in marriage.

He was preceded by his parents Henry Johnson, Sr. and Eloise (Henderson) Johnson.

Jimmy leaves to mourn his wife Choe Johnson; five sisters Earline (Johnson) Bryant of Tallahassee, Florida, Marilyn Louise Henderson of Donaldsonville, Georgia, Mary (Johnson) Conyers and Shirley (Johnson) Browning of Havana, Florida, and Patricia (Johnson) Butler of Tallahassee, Florida; two brothers Freddy Lee Johnson of Tallahassee, Florida and Henry Johnson, Jr. of Havana, Florida; one aunt Martha Mike of Donaldsonville, Georgia; as well as twenty-two nieces and nephews and a host of cousins and other relatives.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 3, 2021 at Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg, Missouri. Interment will follow at Knob Noster Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.