TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  JOHNSON, LEROY   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Oct. 17 to Oct. 19, 2013

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JOHNSON, LEROY  

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Leroy Grant Johnson, 81, a native of Houma and resident of Thibodaux, died 
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. 

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday day at Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma 
and from 8 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at First United Methodist Church. 
Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, 

with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. 

He is survived by his wife, Lottie Oncale Johnson; stepsons, Gerard (Alison) 
Arcement and Barry (Dena) Arcement; stepdaughter, Joan (Troy) Bourgeois; 
grandchildren, Jacob, Casey, Allie, Blake, Cody, Rustin, Brandon, Brody and 
Drake; great-grandchildren, Leila, Dalan, Gunnar, Reed and Izaiah; brother, 
William Macauley Johnson; and nephew, Derrick Johnson. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, LeRoy Johnson and Francis Grant 
Johnson; and brother, Earnest Johnson. 

He was a member of First United Methodist Church. 
He graduated from Terrebonne High School in 1950. He also graduated from 
Southern Methodist University of Dallas where he received a doctorate in law. 
He also received a Louisiana law degree from Tulane University. 
He was a retired attorney in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes after 55 years. 
In retirement, he loved singing in the church choir, gardening, fishing, and 
watching Saints and LSU football games. 
He will be deeply missed by his devoted wife of 39 years and family and 
friends. 

Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. Read Obituary

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