October 29, 1933 – October 26, 2024
Mary Ellen Johnson, 90, of Oolitic, passed away at 8:18 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at Westview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Bedford.
Born October 29, 1933, in Lawrence Co., she was the daughter of James Albert and Roberta Ione (Foster) Harrison. She graduated from Oolitic High School in 1951. She married George William Johnson on August 4, 1951, and he preceded her in death on July 27, 2011.
She retired as a housekeeper for Bedford Medical Center in 1997 and a member of the Oolitic Church of Christ.
Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Lynn Tillman, and husband, Joe, of Florida; two sons, George WilliamJohnson, Jr. and wife, Carol, and Thomas Bret Johnson and wife, Michelle, all of Bedford; a sister, Brenda Kay Stierwalt, of Arizona; a brother, David Daniel Harrison, of Franklin; seven grandchildren, Lacey (Johnson) Wagner and husband, Andy, Brady Johnson, Brandt Johnson, Hannah (Johnson) Jones and husband, Aaron, Colby (Johnson) Scherschel and husband, Tylor, Cameron Johnson and Sarah (Tillman) Chester and husband, Scott; nine great-grandchildren, Cori Leigh, Riley Tate, and Campbell Frances Scherschel, Eliza Lillian, and Sutton Paige Jones, Liberty Grace and Alyssa Lizzie Chester, Brynlie Julianneand Maybrie Michelle Wagner.
Her parents, her husband, and a sister, Jo Ann Miller, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30th, in the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary, with Jerry Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from Noon until the hour of service on Wednesday at the Day & Carter Mortuary.
In place of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Westview Nursing and Rehab., Oolitic Church of Christ, PWSA.org, or FPWR.org for Prader-Willi Research.
Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.
