Walter “Buddy” Johnson, age 81, of Cleveland, passed away on November 6, 2019.

Mr. Johnson was born in Pahokee, Florida to the late Grover and Mary Morris Johnson. He was preceded in death by parents, daughter, Pam Alexander; sisters, Rose Simmons, and Barbara Johnson; brother, Boone Johnson; and brother-in-law, Mike Tyndall. He was retired from Piedmont Laboratories as a Chemical Compounder.

Survivors include wife of almost 17 years, Mary Alexander Johnson, Cleveland; daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Dickie Dickerson, Bell, Florida, Sandy and Johnny Smith, Hawthorne, Florida, and Tina and Frank Baker, High Springs, Florida; sons and daughters-in-law, Joel and Jeanie Johnson, High Springs, Florida, and Bubba and Tina Johnson, Hawthorne, Florida; daughters and sons-in-law, Renee and Tracy Goss, Cleveland, Shannon and Danny Spurr, Cleveland, Crystal and Greg Smith, Lula, and Jill and Keith Holman, Murrayville; grandchildren, Cody
Goss, J.W. Goss and Mary Ann Luna, MaryBeth and Dylan Oliver, Tyler and Kim Wilson; Dillon Wilson, Neleh Spurr, Alex and Taylor Smith, Gracie Smith and Noah Garner, Austin Holman, Ansley Holman and Brise Henson; 20 other grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren from Florida; his surviving sisters, Shirley McElroy and Linda Runnels; sister-in-law, Leona Johnson; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Dannie Tyndall, Tony and Kathy Tyndall, Jerry and Lynn Tyndall, and Debra and Allen Mull; and mother-in-law, Alice Childress.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Solid Rock Baptist Church. The Rev. Danny Spurr, Rev. Charles Grant, and Rev. Dillon Wilson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 P.M. and 6-8 P.M. Friday, November 8, 2019 at the funeral home.

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Barrett Funeral Home, Cleveland.