“John was a visionary. He had so many visions and ideas about how things should be done, and he would always tell people and encourage people about, you should be doing this or you should be doing that,  very kind hearted and selfless. He would always put other people before himself. He taught me how to be a giver because he just had a big heart.

He had a playful side as well. Even when he did speaking engagements, he would add a little humor into his speaking engagement and have everybody falling all over the floor laughing.”

LaVerne Thompson, JT Oral History Project