Mrs. Mary Ruth Smith Johnston, age 95, of Summerville, GA went to be with the Lord, Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
 
Mrs. Johnston was born September 6, 1919, in Center Post, GA, the daughter
of the late George W. Millican and Lillie Mae Kinsey Millican.  She had worked
at the Summerville Cotton Mill.  Other than her parents, Mrs. Johnston was
preceded in death b y her first husband, Buford H. Smith; her second husband,
Odell Johnston; sons, Joe E. Smith and Martin C. Smith; daughter, Glenda Faye Buffington; brother, Arthur Guylie Millican; sisters, Mattie Lou Allmond, Minnie Lee Bain, and Edna Pauline Strickland.
 
Mrs. Johnston is survived by her children, Herman Wayne Smith, Lula Mae Payne, Radonna Gale Green, Barbara Dianne Blackwell, and Cynthia Hope Cotton; 32 Grandchildren; 76 Great Grandchildren; 34 Great Great Grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
 
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. Friday, November 21, 2014 at MasonFuneral Home with Rev. Mike Odom and Rev. Wayne Payne officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Grandsons.
 
Mrs. Johnston will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will
receive friends from 1:30 until the service hour on Friday.  At other hours the
family will be at 256 Marble Springs Road.
 
Mason Funeral Home is directing.