The first pic of the oldest man in the blue shirt wearing the bluetooth is 0ur oldest brother Vernon Wayne Johson who passed away two years after Dennis.We miss them both so much but know we will see them in Heaven again some sweet day. You may light a candle in memory of either one of our brothers. Thanks for letting us know you have visited. God Bless !
Please feel free to browse the site and please light a memorial candle so that we will know you have visited. God Bless ! 

 
This pic was taken by Dennis of a rose in his and Robbie's yard.

   



This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Dennis  Ray Johnson who was born in  Baytown,Texas on October 02, 1956 and passed away on November 02, 2006 at the age of 50. 
We will remember him forever. He was my twin brother. There are three of us left now without Dennis. Dennis and I were the babies of the family. I was the youngest by four minutes. He leaves behind his wife Robbie of 24 years, our Mother and Daddy , Vernon and Georgia Johnson, two brothers, oldest brother Wayne Johnson **Note- ( Born Dec.10.1951, deceased October 29,2008 from Brain Cancer ) and older brother Rodney Johnson, and sister Pug Beeson . Also a fine group of in laws but we like to refer to them as brothers and sisters too. They are, Rodney's wife Sherry, my husband Jeff, and Pug's husband Leon. We have his wife Robbie too. She will always be part of our family.He had numerous neices and nephews and a few great neices and nephews.Also he leaves here hundreds of loving friends and a group of co-workers that I know miss him daily.His Boss Reggie and his wife Brenda were especially dear to him . Thank you to both of them for always understanding Dennis . He loved his job. He dedicated Ronnie's little girl to the Lord.He also dedicated Mason Robert Soto his nephew to the Lord. I pray they are raising these precious children in a Christian home and taking them to church after taking the vow to do so.That would make Dennis especially proud I know.
 He talked of  Ronnie,Josh and his other friends he made while working at Reggie Denney Auto Repair often. Dennis's friends meant a lot to him. He had a wonderful church family at Basset Memorial United Methodist church where Rev. Porter is the current minister. Allen Follet was especially a good friend to Dennis. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and for always being so good to Dennis.
Dennis was raised in Houston , Texas and he and his wife Robbie moved to NC in  1984. He and his wife managed  Texas Bragg  trailers in Burlington for about 4 years. He worked in Auto parts for much of his life. He also was a member of the Mason's ,Moose lodge, Shriners, and was a rodeo clown at one point in his life.  He was a firefighter .  As a teen he was in the Northshore Highschool Marching band. He played the trombone and the tuba. He was also a choir member while in Highschool. He wore many hats through his life time but his greatest accomplishment was preaching the word of God . He also loved to sing and could do so beautifully. He was an ordained Baptist minister and was lay minister for the Basset  Memorial United Methodist church in Basset, Virginia . He and his wife had lived nearby in Basset, VA  for the past eight years. He was never ashamed to share his love of God with people and always had a warm welcome for everyone. Dennis never met a stranger. At the time of his death he worked for Reggie Denney Auto parts in Eden , NC as a service writer.  You will see some pics he took at work in his photo album here .We got many cards and letters from customers and friends he made while working for Reggie.A special thanks to Reggie for the bibles he donated in Dennis's name through the Gideons. Dennis would love the fact that the word of God is being shared with others in his memory.  One customer didn't even know his last name but said Dennis never failed to share his love for God with him and he would always consider Dennis a minister with a tool box.Dennis also as myself loved photography and taking care of the wild birds at his home. He talked to them just like I do mine. Especially the humming birds. It will soon be time for the hummers to return here. I will never look at one and not think of my special brother Dennis. We all miss Dennis so much! God called him home suddenly on the night of November 2,2006. One month to the day after our 50th BD. I miss him so much but have the assurance I will see him again in Heaven some sweet day. It is true about the twin bond. We shared a special bond and always seemed to sense when one of us needed the other one.I once beat up my boyfriend in fourth grade because he was beating Dennis up. As children we always had one another to blame things on when one of us ??? would do something we weren't supposed to. Then after we would get in trouble we always consoled one another even if we had tried to put the blame on each other.The day of the night he died I was so misplaced and felt something was wrong but wasn't sure what. Now I know. He couldn't seem to get across how much he loved me on our 50th BD when we spoke to one another while he was at work. He was so intense and said with both our health problems over the years he had never thought God would have given him 50 good years.  He said our 50th was  a very special BD. He was right. It was the last one . Half a century is a good long time to live. Birthdays will never feel the same for me. Who wants to get older anyway? I think I will just stop having them. LOL ! Dennis we love you and miss you . We will just say so long we will C U later. Love , Donna Kay
You may scroll to the bottom of this page to see pics of Dennis that will allow you to pause on one to view it longer than the slideshow will allow. If you click on photo album at the top then from there you may double click a photo to enlarge it.
  Here is a poem I found that I wrote to Dennis back in 1994 for his BD gift from me. 
                                         The Other Half
I have a brother, 
His name is Dennis
and let me tell you ,
We share between us.
When we were born, 
Mom had two.
I was half, the other was You !!
Put the two together and you have a whole.
I will always love you heart, mind , and soul.
We've shared good times 
and then there were bad,
and through the sad times.....
each other we had.
We consoled each other and did our part,
for we couldn't stand to see half of a whole 
with a broken heart.
I'm going to tell you something and don't you laugh !
I'm so glad God made you my other half!!
 Happy Birthday ! Love ya, Donna Kay
Written for Dennis on our 38th BD
October 2,1994 


Thanks so much to my special friend Jaclin for creating the scrapbook page of Dennis & myself used here. I will always treasure it. I just love to look at the smile on Dennis's face in this pic. 

Our Precious oldest brother Wayne Johnson passed away just two years after Dennis did . He lost his battle with Glioma Blastoma which was an inoperable brain cancer. He witnessed for the Lord up until he lost consciousness and could not speak any longer. We miss our brother Wayne so much but like Dennis we KNOW we will see him in Heaven again some sweet day. He was born on Dec.10,1951 and went to be with the Lord on Oct. 29,2008  Our family has been through a lot losing our loved ones but God has seen us through and we have the assurance if we live pleasing lives that God would have us do we will all be reunited each day. I will ad some pics of Wayne on here later. There are a few with him in the family pics here. He was the oldest boy. R.I.P. Wayne and Happy Birthday in Heaven. Today would have been your 57th BD. I miss you every day , Love your sis , Donna Kay

In the pic below , Wayne is the one on the far left. Dennis is in the middle front. My brother Rodney is to Dennis's right and my older sister Pug is in the back beside me. I am in the blue , she is in the pretty green and beige. This was our last family photo taken on Easter 2005 , the last day we were all ever together again. R.I. P. Dennis and Wayne. Mom and Dad and all of your family misses you . There is not a day goes by I do not think of you both !