Conrad R. Johnson

Coushatta, LA - A funeral service celebrating the life of Conrad R. "Buddy" Johnson, Jr., 88, will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home Coushatta chapel with Dr. Calvin Phelps officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery in Mansfield. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 PM prior to service at the funeral home. Buddy was born on May 10, 1932 in Shaw, MS to Conrad R. and Lottie Holland Johnson and passed away June 13, 2020 in Shreveport, LA. He was a retired foreman for Calhoun Builders, farmer, cattle rancher and an avid reader. Buddy was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Pauline Ballard, Katherine Cummins, Zelma Comings, Sara Beam, Dorothy Beam, and Ethel Redd; and a brother, Albert Johnson. Left to cherish his memory are wife, Mary Christine Cone Johnson; son, Jeffery Johnson and wife Lisa; daughter, Violet Denise Smith and husband Kenny; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Honoring Buddy as pallbearers are Kenneth Smith, Sr., Kenneth Smith, Jr., Cody Smith, Joseph Johnson, Bryson Smith, and Tony Lindsey. Honorary pallbearer is Joe Scally.