Johnny  was born on July 5, 1940 in Jennings, Louisiana. He entered the Air Force in 1958 and was later stationed in Okinawa, Japan from 1959 to 1960 and then assigned to Colorado Springs in 1961. He later moved to Denver, Co where he met Doris Benson. They were married in 1963 and moved to Lubbock in 1964.  Johnny and Doris were married for 48 years before Doris passed way in 2011. Then in 2013, Johnny married Cynthia Donahoe.

Johnny has been a member of Sunset since 1994. He is a student at SIBI, he is the SIBI Perpetual Connection minister, a teacher for Hope In Time of Grief class and is on the hospital visitation committee. They have one daughter, two sons and one grandson who also attend Sunset.
 
One of Johnny’s favorite scriptures is Romans 5:6-8. Johnny loves to cook and his favorite food is gumbo. Johnny was appointed elder October 2015.