Avis de décès de Faye-Ivey Johnson - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Faye Ivey Johnson -BAXLEY - Faye Ivey Johnson of Baxley died Tuesday morning, April 28, at the Southeast Georgia Health Center in Brunswick. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 1, at 1 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Baxley First United Methodist Church. Burial will be at the Long Pond Cemetery. Rev. Alan Miller officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Family Life Center at the Baxley First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Johnson was born January 7, 1926 in Johnson County near Wrightsville, GA. She lived in a number of towns in her childhood as the child of a Methodist minister, among them: Wrightsville, Americus, Willachoochee, Stillmore, and White Oak. She graduated from Glynn Academy and Andrew College and earned her bachelor's degree in home economics from the University of Georgia. She married Hunter Johnson of Long Pond in 1948 and they made their home in Baxley where he started a sawmill operation that eventually became Hunter Johnson Lumber. Mrs. Johnson worked for Georgia Power as a home economist before her marriage and then taught home economics at the old Surrency High School before raising three sons, Ray, Alex and Jimmy Johnson. In addition to her three sons, all of Baxley, Mrs. Johnson is survived by her three daughters-in law - Pom, Judy, and Miriam Johnson; and a niece Kathy Barrett of Augusta; Her brother, Chuck Ivey, lives in Augusta; Her grandchildren are Keeva Kase, Thomas Johnson, Melissa Johnson, Carrie Johnson, and Doug Johnson. Active pallbearers are her three grandsons, and nephews Joel Manning, Charlie Smith, and Bill Barren. Mrs. Johnson requested that any memorials be made to the Long Pond Cemetery Fund (c/o Pete Johnson, 3994 Hwy. 221 South, Mt. Vernon, GA 30445) or the Baxley United Methodist Church Flower Fund, 217 South Main St., Baxley, GA 31513. Swain Funeral Home Savannah Morning News April 29, 2009 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannahnow.com/obituaries .