Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Johnston, Lois Barnes 2005
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Rome News Tribune
Rome News Tribune Nov. 2, 2005
 
   Mrs. Lois Barnes Johnston, age 91, of 2 Three Mile Road, died Monday morning,
Oct. 31, 2005 in a local hospital.
  Mrs. Johnston was born in the Barnsley Gardens area of Bartow County on Jan.
25, 1914, to the late "N.J." Barnes and Minnie Mae Lanham Barnes. While growing
up in this area, she was a seamstress for Addie Sailor, heir to the Barnsley
Estate. Mrs. Johnston was a member of the Blue Pond Baptist Church. She was a
dedicated and loving daughter who took charge of her mother. Mrs. Johnston was
remembered as a great cook and "mother hen" to all those she knew and loved. She
was preceded in death not only by her parents, but her husband, Frank Johnston,
and two sisters, Sarah Darnell and Frances Branton.
   Mrs. Johnston is survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Wilma and Luke
Casey of Silver Creek, Georgia Worthington of Shannon, Martha and Bobby Roberts
of Lindale  and Genise and Wayne Shelly of Rome; thirteen grandchildren; twenty
great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Franklin Barnes
of Rome; and two sisters and brother-in-law, Dorothy Bowen of Rome, and Audrey
and Milton Langham of Kingston. 
Several nieces and nephews also survive.
  Funeral services for Mrs. Johnston will be held today in the Heritage Chapel
of the Jennings Funeral Home with her son-in-law, Wayne Shelly, officiating.
Interment will follow in the Blue Pond Baptist Church Cemetery.
  The family received friends Tuesday evening from 7 until 9 p.m. in the
Heritage Chapel of the Jennings Funeral Home. At other hours the family will
receive in the home of Martha and Bobby Roberts, 316 Flora Ave.
  Pallbearers are asked to meet at the funeral home by 1:30 p.m. today and
include Wayne Shelly, Mike Worthington, Brian Worthington, Mark Roberts, Lindsey
Madden, Brian Lee, and Stafford McPherson.
  Special thanks to all friends and family for their love and support of Lois.
She will be missed.
 


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