Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 27, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. at Mt.
Zion Missionary Baptist Church 825 California Ave., for Johnnie Isaac
Fountain, who slipped away peacefully from us to be with the Lord, March 19, 2004, in
a local hospital after a brief illness. Interment will be at Hillcrest
Memorial Park.
Johnnie was born April 26, 1916, in Boley, Oklahoma and has resided in
Bakersfield, California since 1946. He served his country proudly in the United
States Army during WW II and received an Honorable Discharge. He retired from
Operative Plaster's and Cement Masons.
Johnnie Isaac Fountain leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Paulette
Fountain; two sisters, Estelle Torrance of Los Angeles, CA and Gertrude Glenn of
Topeka, Kansas; one nephew, Frank Fontain; four nieces, Myrna Washington, Marva
Johnson, Lenita and Geneva Fountain all of Los Angeles, CA; two nephews reared
by Charles and Ruth Fountain, Michael Wafford and Steven Wafford both of
Bakersfield, CA; a special daughter and grandson, Oshia Hale and Spencer Kennedy
both of Bakersfield, CA; special friends, Robert Carter, Jr., Billy Joe
Conners, Johnnie Smith and Gwen Tate; and a host of other relatives and friends.
