Memorial Service will be held on Janurary 10th, 2025 at 11 am, at New Seasons Church 2300 Bancroft, Spring Valley 91977.
Sunrise: 11/4/1946, Sunset: 11/25/2024
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On Monday, November 4, 1946 in Gilmer, Texas a beautiful baby boy was born to Lunnie and Ella Johnson, they named him Charlie Ray Johnson. Charlie was the fifth out of seven children born into this family.
In 1954, the Johnson family relocated to San Diego, where Charlie received his formal education, attending Knox Elementary, O’Farrell Junior High School and Lincoln High School. His college education began at Mesa Collage where he earned an AA Degree in Life Sciences. He attended San Diego State University and received a Bachelors Degree of Science in Biology in 1969 and earned a Master’s Degree in Zoology in1972.
Charlie’s medical education began at University of California in San Diego where he earned his MD Degree in 1975. He completed his formal Medical training at University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles County where he earned his board certification in Internal Medicine in 1982.
For more than 40 years Dr. Johnson humbly and compassionately served the patients in the community where he grew up. Later in his career Charlie relocated to the Visalia area and began working for Kaweah Delta Health Medical Center where he passionately provided medical care to many patients until his health failed.
Dr. Charlie R. Johnson departed this life on Monday, November 25th. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lunnie and Ella Johnson; two sisters, Velma Mebane and Brenda Johnson; and brother Hubert Earl Johnson.
He leaves to cherish his memory his loving and devoted wife, Rebecca Johnson; three sisters, Hazel Ervin, Annie Tinsley, Diane Hayes (Vincent) all from San Diego; two stepsons Cristian and Edsaul; close friends, Al Brody and Sydney Novell and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network at: http://support.pancan.org/goto/Dr_Charlie_R_Johnson
or by mail:
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
ATTN: WHMW
Donation Processing Center
Po Box 5041
Boone, IA 50950-0041
