Mr. Alexander Lee “Bud” Wonsley Johnson was born December 21, 1952, in Pascagoula, MS to the late Lonnie Mae Johnson Wonsley and Nathaniel “Shorty” Wonsley, Jr. He departed this life on June 1, 2019, at the age of sixty-six. He was one of eleven children, and was a lifelong resident of Jackson County, MS.
Mr. Johnson attended Carver High School in Pascagoula, MS and Magnolia High School in Moss Point, MS. Afterward, he attended and graduated from the Job Corps. He was a loving and caring father of his three children, Christopher Johnson (deceased), Angelah James, and Alexander Ross; and stepchildren, Phyllis Ross and Tracy Ross.
He was employed at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding for over eighteen years before he retired. He also previously worked at Gulf City Fisheries, and offshore over the years.
In addition to his parents, Lonnie Mae Johnson Wonsley and Nathaniel Wonsley, Jr., he was preceded in death by his son, Christopher Johnson; and two brothers, Larry James Wonsley Johnson and Mark Wonsley.
Mr. Johnson leaves to mourn, with cherished memories, two children, Alexander Ross of Grand Bay, Alabama and Angelah James of Pascagoula, MS; grandchildren, Teqwan James, Selena James, Alexander Ross, Jr., Elis ross, Jasmine Smith, Anthony Ross, and Jackson Ross; grandson, Xvaier James; siblings, Alberta Marie Wonsley of Gautier, MS, Otis Lee Wonsley of Washington, DC, Dorothy Wonsley of Moss Point, MS, George Ivory Wonsley of Jackson, MS, Leroy Wonsley of Winston-Salem, NC, Nathaniel (Gina) Wonsley, III of Tampa, FL, Hosea Wonsley of Gautier, MS and Robert James Wonsley of Moss Point, MS; devoted friend, Rhonda; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 8, 2019 at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 4100 Monarch Street, Moss Point, MS. The viewing will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Interment will follow the services in Scranton Cemetery, Pascagoula, MS.
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