Leroy Johnson

A visitation will be held at Rose Hills Mortuary, located at 3888 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, California, 90601, on January 26, 2026, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

The funeral service will take place at Rose Hills Memorial Park - Mortuary Chapel, also at 3888 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, California, 90601, on January 26, 2026, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Leroy Johnson will be laid to rest at Rose Hills Memorial Park, in the Garden of Affection, Section 28, Lot 6427, Space 4, Gate Number 1, following the service on January 26, 2026.

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A Man of Many Voices

He lived with music in the air,

seven radios humming at once,

jazz pouring through the walls

like memory refusing to be quiet.

Each note told a story,

each rhythm a reminder

that life was meant to be felt.

He loved Black history deeply,

kept it close on a shelf of worn books—

a library he built with pride,

a place where I learned

that knowing where you come from

is how you know where you’re going.

He taught himself to read,

page by page, word by word,

proving that wisdom isn’t given—

it’s claimed.

And once he learned,

he never stopped learning,

never stopped listening.

For over sixty years,

he walked beside my grandma,

hand in hand through joy and struggle,

raising a family both near and far,

bound not just by blood

but by presence, persistence, and love.

He believed in family—

in crowded rooms,

in long conversations,

in road trips down southern highways

to Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama,

where roots run deep

and stories wait patiently to be told.

The TVs played, the radios sang,

the house stayed alive with sound—

just like him.

Even now, in the quiet,

we hear him.

In the music.

In the stories.

In us.