Charles Lester Johnson, age 91, of Caldwell County, KY, passed away on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville, Kentucky. He was born on May 2, 1934, in Charleston, Kentucky to the late Charlie Johnson and Bessie Purdy Johnson. Mr. Johnson had worked as a loader of chemical trucks at Union Carbide in Illinois for 32 years. He was a member of Charleston Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sisters ~ Betty Kay Ladd and Joann Wise; a brother ~ Billy Wayne (Anna) Johnson; children he raised as his own ~ Wesley, Shanne, Breonna, Sydney, Angeleenia and Konstance; step-sisters and step-brother ~ Bernadean Porter, Patty Medendorp, Wendy Riley and Archie Calvert.

Mr. Johnson is preceded in death by his parents; a sister ~ Aretta Boucher; a nephew ~ Charlie Johnson and a friend who was like a sister ~ Loretta “Sibbie” Poole.

Visitation for Charles Lester Johnson will be from 11:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Beshear Funeral Home in Dawson Springs, KY. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 1:00 P.M. at Lafayette Cemetery in Dawson Springs, Kentucky with Rev. Jackie Mathis officiating the service.

Pallbearers will be: Billy Johnson, Mike Adams, Bryan Suttles, Raymond Littlepage, Koty Austin and Quinn Eaton.