Bonnie Lorene Johnson's Obituary
Mrs. Bonnie Lorene Millsaps Johnson, 89, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, April 9, 2012, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jimmy Barnhill will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:45 pm Monday prior to the service.
Mrs. Johnson was born August 10, 1922 in Statesville. She was a daughter of the late William Parks Millsaps and Bertha Rupard Millsaps. She was a resident of Big Elm Nursing Home for seven years.
Including her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin Eugene Johnson on November 18, 2011; daughter, Patricia Marie Johnson; granddaughter, Tracey Miller; four sisters, Glena Wilson, Arlene Chase, Louetta Millsaps and Athena Millsaps and three brothers, Rev. Tom Millsaps, Vigil Millsaps and Larry Millsaps.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by five children, Thurman Luther and wife Odena of Andrews, Anita Stuart and husband Bill of Winston-Salem, Elaine Owenby and husband Pearly of Andrews, Ronnie Miller and wife Penny of Statesville and Dennis Johnson of Kannapolis; two step-sons, Terry Triplett and wife Shelia of Kannapolis and Jerry Johnson and wife Joan of Tallahasse, FL; brother, W.P. Millsaps and wife Edna of Statesville; grandchildren, Thurman Luther, Jr., Kelly Luther, Lee Ann Luther, Charles Payne, Leroy Payne, Lillie Sims, Ashley Snider, Arden Hunt, Wesley Furr, Bobby Owenby, Kimberly Brendle, Timothy Owenby, Dawn Reighhard, Will Miller, Connie Miller, Frankie Johnson, Joey Johnson, Gregory Johnson, Andrea Josey, Michael Johnson and Tina Johnson; forty great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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