Bro. Amos A. Johnson

Amos Johnson Obituary

Bro. Amos Johnson, age 90, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 30, 2026, at Aspire Senior Living in East Prairie, Missouri.

He was born on August 15, 1936, in Sikeston Missouri to the late Amos and Bessie Curtner Johnson. He was a member of Oak Bowery Baptist Church in Conway, Arkansas and was a faithful minister of the Gospel for over 60 years pastoring churches in Illinois and Missouri.

On June 28th, 1997, he married Doris Breece Johnson, who survives of the home, and together they started the Back to Bethel Prison Ministry in 1999 which is still going strong today.

He is also survived by one daughter, Rhonda (Skeeter) Phelps of Sikeston, Missouri, three sons, Steve (Angela) Johnson of East Prairie, Missouri, Joey (Amber) Johnson of Bristow, Oklahoma, and Warren (Trish) Cobb of North Las Vegas, Nevada, two brothers Donnie and Ronnie Johnson, and four sisters Joyce Holmes, Lois Kirk, Geneva Greenlee, and Linda McClain, along with 22 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Debbie Dickson, his son, Danny Cobb, his brothers Lloyd Johnson and Terry Johnson, and his sister Evelyn Limbaugh.

Visitation will take place on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at 11 a.m. at the Old Bethel Baptist Church in Sikeston, Missouri.

Burial will follow the dinner at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston, Missouri.

McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

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