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Delivontae Johnson

As is my pattern on Sunday I bring attention to someone we can all admire. Nineteen-year-old Delivontae Johnson, is an East Arkansas Community College student. He had hit a pothole in Memphis on the way to church 11 days prior and on 1/12/23 had pulled into the Walmart parking lot in his hometown of Forrest City, Arkansas to use the ATM en route to the mechanic. That’s when he spotted something in a shopping cart.

That something happened to be a wallet belonging to Dee Harkrider.

What to do?

From Epoch Bright:

“After seeing the name on the license, I searched it up on Facebook, and let Miss Dee know that I had her wallet,” said Delivontae. However, when he didn’t get an immediate response to his message, he went through her photos, found a picture of Elaine Keown, and texted her to let her know about the missing wallet.

Ms. Keown then contacted Dee Harkrider to let her know that her wallet had been found. At this point the sixty-one year old grandma had not even realized that her wallet was missing, and was in the adjacent town of Palestine.

Learning that Harkrider was not at home in Wynne, but in Palestine, Johnson took a detour and drove over 20 miles out of his way to reach her. He called Harkrider on the way and met her in a CR Smalls and Company restaurant parking lot.

“He told me he wanted to make sure I got my wallet back,” Harkrider said. “Everything was in it! I was so grateful for what he had done, so I had a $20 bill tucked in my wallet, and gave that to him to show my appreciation. I wish I had had more to give him.”

The grateful grandmother took a selfie with Johnson and shared their story on Facebook. The post went viral.

She told The Epoch Times: “I wanted him to be recognized for what he had done, plus wanted to share the goodness of God … I do believe God puts people in our lives, and in my case, it was for good that Delivontae came into my life … at only 19 years old he showed honesty, compassion, and integrity for another human being.”

I agree! Delivontae Johnson is certainly someone we can admire for his honestly and his willingness to literally go the extra mile. Kudos to Delivontae and his single mother of four, Rachel, who had obviously instilled these virtues in her four children.

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