John Fitzgerald Chatman was born July 25, 1964 to Thomas Chatman and Pauline Golden in Oklahoma City, OK. He was preceded in death by both paternal and maternal grandparents, his father: Thomas Chatman, Sr., three brothers: James Ricky Wesley, Charles Street, and Garland Thomas. He received Christ as his Savior at a early age under the leadership of the late Pastor Samuel Moore, Sr., at Harrison Baptist Church in Spencer, Oklahoma. John graduated from Star Spencer High School in 1982, in Spencer, Oklahoma. For many years he was the manager of Bowling Green Restaurant in Norman, Oklahoma. Later, John moved to Minnesota and worked in construction business. He leaves to cherish his memories, his mother, Pauline Street of the home, siblings: Glenda Allen (Clayton), Anthony Chatman (Artist), Thomas Chatman, Senecea "Neicey" Johnson, Herman Golden, Travis Chatman (Tracey), Lenard Terrell Street (Sherrelle), LaShonda Patterson (DaRon), and Thomas Wayne Chatman, Patricia Chatman, Dean Street, a very close family friend: Connie Seward (James) Spencer, Oklahoma, a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, many other relatives and many friends.