Tulsa pastor graduates 6 decades after dropping out
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May 23, 2019
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Of the nearly 1,300 students who graduated from Union High School May 13, Leo Johnson stood out.
That's because the longtime pastor of a small church in north Tulsa is 60 years older than the other graduates, who included two of his grandchildren.
Johnson, 77, delighted in surprising the thousands of people watching the ceremony at the BOK Center.
Only a handful knew Johnson's secret before his name was called during the superintendent's commencement speech. He kept it hidden from family members in the audience. He even kept it hidden from the graduating grandkids sitting w...
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