Dorothy Mae Brown Johnson

Published 12:00 am Saturday, July 13, 2013

May 29, 1931 – July 9, 2013

NATCHEZ — Services for Dorothy Mae Brown Johnson, 82, of Natchez, who died Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at University Medical Center in Jackson, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Clearmount Baptist Church.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the church.

Mrs. Johnson was born May 29, 1931, in Natchez, the daughter of William Brown and Sophronia Green.

She was a member of Clearmount Baptist Church choir for 58 years and served on the Mother Board for 14 years.

Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Pero Johnson Jr.; one daughter, Barbara Strauder; one sister, Ethel Watson; one brother, James L. Green; and one son-in-law, Willie “Pete” Jones.

Survivors include three daughters, Dorothy Carter, Jeannie Johnson-Jones and Benita Watson; three sons, Joseph W. Johnson and wife, Willie Mae, Glenn H. Watson and Timothy Ward; one brother, Joseph Brown and wife, Albert Lee; seven granddaughters; seven grandsons; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; stepmother, Annie L. Johnson; one sister-in-law; six brothers-in-law; and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.