Johnny Lee Esters, Jr. was born February 22, 1970 in Marshall, Texas. He attended schools in Bakersfield Elementary Bessie E. Owens, High Schools Foothill and Bakersfield High School, Graduated from Bakersfield High School, He played Basketball and Football, He had a love of all kinds of music, and loved telling funny stories, and telling jokes, and a love of cars. He loved living around family. He did different kind of jobs in the oil field, worked as a fireman when in high school, had a paper route, did yard work, worked for the railroads in Texas, He loved being outdoors. His favorite desserts were Banana Pudding, Peach Cobbler, Peach Pie, & Sweet Potato Pie. He loved to eat mostly any foods. Johnny is preceded in death by his grandmother LV Washington, his uncles Frank Jenkins, Clayborn Young, and Charles Jenkins. He is survived by his wife Marilyn Brown Esters, mother Dorothy Sherard and husband Kenneth Sherard, father Johnny Lee Esters, Sr., 3 sisters Lora Jenkins, Teressa Jenkins of Bakersfield, CA, Michelle Esters of Texas, 3 brothers Richard Newman of Oklahoma, Maurice Wilson and Brent Rusk of Texas, his children Atrius Esters, Johnny Lee Esters, III, Johntrell Lee Esters, Javontay Lee Esters, Jayvion Esters, Laquirra Griffin, Karisa Marie Weber, and 11 grandchildren, and many loved ones and friends.