Johnie May is survived by her husband James Harold Childs for 56 years and her two children, daughter Tanya Ceillia Childs-Souleimane and Son, Reginald Harold Childs; two grandchildren, Yaa-Kiah Yaaasantewaa Akinsipe and Al-Qudus Tokunbo Souleimane; her mother, Fay Fountain-Ellis; brother, Noble Dunlap Jr. of Mt. Vernon, TX, Troy Don Palmer of Sulphur Springs, TX, Berlton Wright of Mt. Vernon, TX, and Freddie Jerome Hargrave of Mt. Vernon, TX, sisters, Zella (Tony) Coye of Killeen, TX, Darlene (Alvin) Hatcher of Mt. Vernon, TX, Patricia Hargrave of Mt. Vernon, TX,  Denise (Allen) Harris of Killeen, TX; god-children, Charles Office of Dallas, TX, Christopher Office of Killeen, TX, Kizzie Coye of Killeen, TX and a Host of Uncles, Aunts, Nephews, Nieces, Cousins, and friends.