[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 3, 1994]
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                IN MEMORY OF ROBERT LEE ``JET'' JOHNSON

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 3, 1994

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Robert 
Lee ``Jet'' Johnson, who passed away on July 13, 1994.
  Mr. Johnson was born February 3, 1936, in Donaldsville, GA, to Thelma 
Fennell Johnson and the late Leon Franklin Johnson. At an early age, he 
joined Mount Zion Baptist Church in Federal Point, FL, and later joined 
Williams Chapel A.M.E. Church in Orangeburg, SC.
  Mr. Johnson began his career as a teacher and coach at Burke High 
School in Charleston, SC. He later worked at a number of high schools 
throughout South Carolina and Florida.
  Mr. Johnson began his collegiate coaching career at South Carolina 
State University in 1973. His football tenure extended to 1984.
  In addition to football, he served as the head coach of men's and 
women's track and field for 18 years and amassed a combined total of 24 
conference championship titles, over 20 ``Coach of the Year'' honors, 
and many other accolades. One of his proudest accomplishments came in 
1982 when he guided his team to a Division II national title.
  In 1989, Mr. Johnson was inducted into the Benedict College Athletic 
Hall of Fame on his 53d birthday, in honor of his phenomenal collegiate 
football career. He also received an institutional resolution from 
South Carolina State University in 1990 recognizing him as the 
winningest coach in the history of the school's track and field 
program.
  Mr. Johnson also served as instructor in the Department of Teacher 
Education at South Carolina State University for the past 2 years. He 
was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and several professional 
organizations.
  Those left to cherish fond memories of Robert ``Jet'' Johnson are his 
loving and devoted wife of 32 years, Minnie Murray Johnson; two sons, 
Robert Lee Johnson, Jr., of Odenton, MD, and Ralph Boyd Johnson III of 
Mobile, AL; and a daughter, Mrs. Janice Lewis of Hartford, CT.
  Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Thelma F. Johnson of East 
Palatka, FL; two sisters, Mrs. Deborah Ramsey of East Palatka and Mrs. 
Linda Morris of Orlando, FL.
  Also left to cherish Mr. Johnson's memory are his mother-in-law, Mrs. 
Rosetta Murray of Orangeburg; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sharon Johnson of 
Odenton; a son-in-law, Mr. Berisford Lewis of Hartford; two grandsons, 
Shawn and Shamel Lewis, both of Hartford, and a number of extended 
family members and friends.

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