Rainey Mathis Funeral Home

Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 82.Mrs. Johnson was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great friend to all she loved. If you were her friend you were blessed. She was well known for her hard work and love she had for all that she did. She spent most of her life raising her three children and gardening, in which she was kind of famous for, and running the farm. She also was as an employee of Brown Shoe Company in Bernie for many years, her love of growing up in her parent’s restaurant business and cooking kept her working long after retirement.Survivors include, one daughter, La Dawn Owens and Rodger; two sons, Bill Johnson and Brooke, and Bob Johnson; four grandchildren, Michael Johnson, Chris Spitzer, Natalie Zimmerman, and Briana Johnson; two step-grandchildren Rodney Owens and Richard Owens; by nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Connie Reynolds; one brother, Ronnie Livingston; and by many other friends and relatives.She was preceded in death, other than by her parents, by one sister, Shelby Raspberry.A Remembrance ceremony was held March 25, 2018 at the Bernie Christian Church in Bernie Missouri. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements.In lieu of flowers the family ask all donations be made to: Bernie Christian Church, PO Box 566 Bernie, MO 63822. (Daily Dunklin Democrat)