Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee; verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Psalm 39:4-5
Sarah Ella Johnson was born November 6, 1935, in Fannin, Mississippi, to Mary Myers Johnson and John C. Johnson. She confessed her life to Christ in 1954 at Rising Sun Baptist Church under Pastor William Harvey. She attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, and also went to Delta Voc. Tech, where she received her CNA license.
Sarah became a member of First Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church. She really loved her church home. She worked at Watson Hotel while still working at Madison Parish Hospital until the end – over 46 years.
She is preceded in death by her father, John C. Johnson, her mother, Mary Myers Johnson, her sister, Bertha Mae Mills, brother-in-law, Governor Mills, her brother, Pastor Eddie B. Hudson, sister-in-law, Rosa Hudson, granddaughter, Angela D. Wafer, great-grandchildren, Courtney E. (Coco) Dickerson, Jr., great-great-grandson, and nephew, Pastor Danny D. Johnson.
Sarah Johnson departed this life on May 15, 2019. She leaves to cherish her memories: her daughter: Charlene Wafer Washington (Marshall) of Houston, Texas; son: James D. Goldsberry, Jr. of Ruston, LA.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson, Darius E. Wagner Dickerson, Jr.; one great-godson of Houston, Texas; one sister, Mary Weaver of Katy, Texas; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
To send flowers
to the family or plant a tree
in memory of Sarah Johnson, please visit our floral store.