Johnnie Lee Stubbs, Sr affectionately known as "Johnnie Baby" "Babe" "Daddy" and "Grand-Daddy-O" was a proud veteran, father, family member, community member, civil rights activist, entrepreneur, and grandfather. He went to join the ancestors on Sunday, June 29th night during a peaceful sleep. He was surrounded all weekend by his loving wife Phyliss D. Nophlin, his children, his grandchildren and friends.

Johnnie was born in Greenville, Mississippi to Enola Littleton and Tommy Stubbs. Johnnie was the last born, hence the name "Johnnie Baby", of four (Laverne, Doris, Tommy and Johnnie) and he was the last to join them in death. Johnnie was brought up by his Aunt Estella and then by his grandparents Ross and Emma Littleton, sharecroppers in Eudora, Arkansas. His childhood was one of hardship; picking cotton, farming, going to church, playing basketball and excelling in school. Despite the hardships, he was also surrounded by 11 loving Uncles & Aunts who instilled in him an intense love of family.

Johnnie graduated at the top of his high school class in Eudora and joined the Army. He spent 3 years during the Korean War and was honorably discharged from the 82nd Airborne Division. He immediately began his undergraduate education at the Historically Black College & University, Arkansas A & M (now Arkansas State at Pine Bluff) He graduated at the top of his class as a Mathematician and was granted the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to attend Purdue University in Indiana. As one of the top mathematicians in the country he worked for many years for the U.S. government which moved him to Dahlgren, Virginia and Annapolis, Maryland.

Johnnie began his entrepreneurial career as a pioneer in outsourcing contracts for the U.S. government in the 80s. He retired in the 90s to return to his roots as an organic farmer and trained other Black farmers across the South just as the organic foods market exploded. He retired again in the 2000s to do taxes for people in the Black community for H&R Block in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He finished his retired career as the only man to get 100% on the tax auditors' exam for statewide businesses at the age of 84 and worked as an auditor until age 87.

Johnnie met and married his first wife Aretha McCraw Stubbs and had three children, Johnnie, Lavette and Johnette and was an active leader in the community as the head of the NAACP in Maryland and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He attended Mount Olive AME church for many years. He later married Phyliss Dean Nophlin and had two children, Ayanna and Kafi. He remained in the Bowie, Maryland area until the children graduated from high school.

An avid athlete, Johnnie played basketball competitively in high school and college, and then played softball and tennis and competed well into his 80s. He taught many of his children and grandchildren to play tennis and loved to watch any sport on television; football, basketball, tennis being among the favorites. Johnnie also loved music from the 40s and 50s and western novels and movies.

Johnnie's biggest love in life was his family. The family genealogist for the Littleton clan, descendants of George and King, he wrote a book about his family and attended and organized family reunions throughout his life. He was an amazing mentor for his family and for the friends of his children, always ready with a story or a parable and a joke to go with it.

Johnnie is survived by his greatest treasures - his progeny. Johnnie Lee Stubbs Jr. (Eva) and his five children, Ariana, Orion, Anastasia, Leon and Isabella. Lavette Stubbs Sims (Mark) and her three children, Mallori, Mia and Nadia. Johnette Iris Stubbs (Peter) and her two children Zarah and Hendrick, Ayanna (Ryan) and Kafi Howard (Charles) and her two children Zoe and Miles. Johnette's best friend Christa and her daughter Sage and many cousins and Littleton descendants.