Funeral services were held Friday, July 24, 2015, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel for Mr. Johnnie Lee Gholar, 65, who died Thursday, July 16, in Wilkinson County, MS. Rev. Jerry Rogers officiated with interment following in Silver Creek MB Church Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Johnnie Lee Gholar was born to the late Vander Lee and Eloise Gholar in Jefferson Davis County, MS. He attended Springhill M. B. Church and was a member of Progress Masons Lodge #525. He was a former offshore laborer.

He is survived by children, LaFarrah G. (Jefferlyn) Newsome, Johnny Gholar, Willie J. Brown all of Prentiss, and Calandral Stephens of Heidelberg; step-mother, Roberta Gholar of Prentiss; brothers, Charles Gholar of Prentiss, David Gholar of Germany, Harvey Hartzog of Silver Creek, Tracey Joiner of Louisiana; sister, Ruby Armstrong of Prentiss; four grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.