Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ERWIN, CHEROKEE MAE "CHERRY" JOHNSON September 16, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com September 27, 2014, 4:43 am News Star World - September 18, 2014 CHEROKEE MAE "CHERRY" JOHNSON ERWIN Cherry passed away peacefully at her home in Columbia, MO, on the morning of September 16, 2014. Cherry was born in Chattanooga, TN, on March 31, 1948. She attended Girls Preparatory School of Chattanooga, TN, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She worked at the Orange Grove Center for the Mentally Disabled in Chattanooga. With her husband, Joe, she moved to Monroe, LA, where she raised her family, owned the Bunny Patch Day Care and The Linen Closet, and was a member of Grace Episcopal Church. Cherry was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She was preceded in death by her parents John W. Johnson and Nancy Pierce Johnson. She is survived and will be greatly missed by her husband William Joseph "Joe" Erwin, Jr.; children Cherokee Avery Erwin Bednarz of Lafayette, LA, Nancy Erwin (Matt) Smith of Columbia, MO, and William Joseph (Lauren) Erwin, III, of Monroe, LA; grandchildren Erin Bednarz, Lindsay Smith, Landon Smith, Pierce Smith, and Reagan Erwin; and brothers John W. (Susan) Johnson, III, of Chattanooga, Joseph M. (Susan) Johnson of Chattanooga, and William H. (Beckie) Johnson of Chattanooga. A celebration of the life of Cherry Erwin will be held on Friday, September 19, 2014, at 10:30 AM at Grace Episcopal Church of Monroe, LA. Immediately following the ceremony, the family will receive friends for a wake at the home of Will and Lauren Erwin. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/e/erwin3186nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb