Editor, Joshua C. Johnson of Focus Daily News Succumbs

September 15, 1982 – June 22, 2019

Joshua C. Johnson Editor of the Focus Daily News passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 22 at his home in DeSoto, Texas.

Johnson was well known and respected in southwest Dallas County, and Ellis County communities, where he served as Chief Executive Editor of Focus Daily News from 2007 until his demise.

Johnson graduated from Lincoln High School and received his BA in Communications from Paul Quinn College in Lancaster. He was currently working towards a Master’s Degree in Business from Grand Canyon University.

Before his tenure as Executive Editor at Focus Daily News, Johnson was a news reporter for the North Dallas Gazette. At Focus Daily News, he was honored three times by the Dallas Bar Association for Excellence in Legal Reporting. Johnson’s most recent award was in 2018 chosen as best in the Suburban Newspaper Division for his feature on an inspirational police officer for Lancaster Independent School District.

Johnson is survived by his mother, Marilyn Burton, and father Samuel E. Burton. Brothers also survive him; Eric Johnson Jr., Caleb L. Johnson, and Isaac H. Malone, Grandparents; Idella Washington, and Henry Kennedy, and girlfriend Ebony Smith, along with a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles.

Friends, family, and colleagues can pay their respect on Friday at the Grand Lounge, Paul Quinn College, with a Star Wars-themed candlelight vigil.  Evergreen Funeral Home, 6449 University Hills Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75241; Office 214-376-1500.

Funeral services; Saturday, June 29, The United House of Prayer For All, 121 Murdock Rd., Dallas, Texas 75217. Viewing; 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Service; 11:00 a.m.

Evergreen Funeral Home, 6449 University Hills Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75241; Office 214-376-1500.

Interment, Lincoln Memorial Park.