MONTY TRAMARUS JOHNSON

MONTY TRAMARUS JOHNSON OF WESLEY CHAPEL PASSED QUIETLY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2020, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS BROTHER, VIC, BEST FRIEND SEAN AND CLOSE FRIEND FRANK.

MONTY WAS BORN IN LAKE WALES, HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO MAE FRANCES AND THE LATE WILLIE JAMES JOHNSON.

MONTY WAS EDUCATED IN THE LAKE WALES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE LATER ATTENDED FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY (FAMU) WHERE HE STUDIED PREMED CHEMISTRY AT THE FAMOUS JONES HALL.  HE WOULD LATER TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA TO COMPLETE HIS DEGREE. MONTY WORKED AS A SENIOR PHARMACY TECHNICIAN AT WALGREEN'S PHARMACY WHILE HE ATTENDED COLLEGE.  HE HAD SUCH A GREAT KNOWLEDGE BASE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT HE WOULD BE SOUGHT OUT TO HELP DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN DIFFERENT CITIES, SUCH AS LAKE WALES, AVON PARK, LAKELAND, TAMPA, BRANDON TO NAME A FEW. 

AFTER COLLEGE, MONTY CONTINUED TO WORK AT WALGREEN'S AND LATER SUPERIOR PHARMACY IN TAMPA. HIS LAST EMPLOYMENT WAS WOKING AS A NURSING HOME COORDINATOR HELPING PATIENTS TRANSITION FROM THE HOSPITAL TO EITHER A NURSING HOME OR AN ASSISTED OR SKILLED LIVING HOME.

MONTY WAS KNOWN FOR HIS QUICK WIT AND SENSE OF HUMOR. TWO THINGS MONTY LOVED WAS HIS FAMILY AND HIS GOD SON, JULIAN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, WILLIE JAMES JOHNSON.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS FOND MEMORIES: HIS MOTHER, MAE JOHNSON; SIBLINGS, RAMELL JOHNSON, OSSIE NELSON (ELDER JAMES), WILLIE JAMES JOHNSON, JR, RALPH D. JOHNSON, JANICE E. JOHNSON, DENNIS M. JOHNSON, AND VICTOR JOHNSON; 15 NIECES AND NEPHEWS; GOD SON, JULIAN PENAGOS; SPECIAL CARETAKER AND SECOND MOM, BERTHA PENAGOS; BEST FRIEND, SEAN A. BANKS; SPECIAL FRIENDS, JOE PENAGOS, PASTOR FRANK SMITH, BRANDON DEON AND ZANGELA MONTGOMERY.

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