Larry Johnson, former missionary to Peru and Mexico, died April 28. He was 90. He was born Oct. 9, 1934, in Veribest to Jean S. and Wynama Johnson. He received the Associate of Arts degree from Angelo State University in San Angelo. On April 18, 1953, he married his high school sweetheart, Joy Clark. He farmed, worked as a traveling feed salesman, and was a real estate broker throughout the rest of the 1950s. He then returned to farming full time. The Johnsons were members of First Baptist Church in San Angelo. While seeking missionary appointment he wrote: “I became personally interested in the mission field during my trip to Fortaleza, Brazil, in the winter of 1981. I have since sought the Lord’s will in my life in regard to the mission field and have been led to this point.” In 1984, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board) appointed Larry and Joy Johnson as missionaries to Peru. They served in agricultural evangelism, digging wells, building roads, developing schools and churches, supporting and aiding community orphanages, and creating high-altitude tree planting. They later served in Mexico. He was preceded in death by his son, David Johnson. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Joy; his children, Lucy Johnson of Cajamarca, Peru, and Lucky Clark Johnson of Mexico; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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