Johnny Ray Cannon, Jr. of Daleville, AL passed away peacefully at home on Friday, September 5th, 2025. He was 62.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025, at El Bethel Baptist Church (9432 North AL 27, Chancellor, AL 36316) with Pastor Zachary Hayes officiating. The family will receive friends in the church sanctuary on Friday beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Johnny was born in Fort Belvoir, VA in 1963 to Johnny Ray Cannon and Julia Gail Cannon. As an army dependent, he grew up traveling the world and after high school served briefly in the US Army where he trained to be an MP before focusing his talent to hone his skills as a welder, a trade he enjoyed and at which he excelled.
Johnny loved sports of all kinds, but above all he loved the Crimson Tide. Saturdays in the fall were his favorite days and win or lose if Alabama was playing, he was watching. From the Bama Flag on his porch to the decor in his living room, his home lived and breathed Alabama football. Roll Tide!
Johnny was kind and present with a shoulder, an ear, or a hug when one was needed without judgment. He had a beautifully odd sense of humor and found the funny in the mundane. He loved music of all genres, could be counted on for in depth conversation on just about anything and could solve the most difficult math equations with a glance. He was a private person, but to those of us who knew him best he was a wealth of quiet strength and a fountain of generosity and love.
Johnny was baptized in 1978 at First Baptist Church in Level Plains, AL, and after a lifetime of challenges had a renewed relationship with Jesus that assures us, he is again whole and reunited with family who have gone before. For the rest of us, the world is much less beautiful today.
Johnny was preceded in death by his father, Johnny Ray Cannon, Sr., his brother, Mark Thomas Cannon, and his nephew, Christian Thomas Cannon.
He is survived by his daughter and the love of his life, Haley Lynn Cebreros (Matt) of Blaine, WA; his mother, Judy Lawhorn of Chancellor, AL; his sister, Julianna Cannon of Enterprise, AL; his best friend Emily Skaggs, of Mobile, AL; and a myriad of aunts, uncles and cousins who he loved and by whom he was loved.
Warren~Holloway~Ward Funeral Home (334) 684-9999, is in charge of arrangements. “Continuing The Trust You’ve Placed In Us” To sign a guest register, please visit: www.whwfuneralhome.com
