Mrs. Cynthia Ann Johnson, age 83, of Mentone, AL, died Sunday, November 6, 2022, at Advent Health Redmond.

Mrs. Johnson was born April 25, 1939, in Summerville, GA, daughter of the late James Thomas and Julia Ethel Stansell Simmons. She was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, and prior to her retirement, was employed with Best Manufacturing.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Albert Johnson; sisters, Joyce Himes and Evelyn Sinsenbaugh; and a brother, James “Buddy” Simmons.

Survivors include her son, Jim “Muscles” Johnson; brothers, Carlton Simmons, Robert Simmons; grandchildren, Jennifer Reece, Emily Hampton, Maggie Johnson, and Sam Johnson; great-grandchildren, Sarah and Noah Hampton, Caleb Reece, Mason and Ethan Flood; daughter-in-law, Tammy Johnson; and life-long friends, Melba Walters, Alford and Annie Mae Owen.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. (E.S.T.), Thursday, November 10, 2022, at Mount Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Elliott, Bro. Roger Keith, and Miss Sarah Hampton officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Jason Hampton, Robert Hays, Caleb Reece, Sam Johnson, Noah Hampton, and Austen Bennett. Honorary pallbearers will be Melba Walters, Alford and Annie Mae Owen, and the Members of Mount Calvary Baptist Church.

Mrs. Johnson will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. (E.S.T.) Wednesday. She will also be in state at Mount Calvary Baptist Church from 10:00 A.M. until the service hour on
Thursday.

To share your condolences with the family online, please visit our website at www.masonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are provided by Mason Funeral Home- Summerville, GA.

LAURA BEATRICE FLETCHER WOODS, age 81, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Summerville, Georgia on January 21, 1941, a daughter of the late Elbert Emmett and Ollie Camelia Roberts Fletcher. Ms. Laura was a member of the Dry Valley Baptist Church, retired from the weave shop of Mount Vernon Mills, and was preceded in death by a son, the late Barry Joseph Woods on May 3, 2022, and siblings the late Elizabeth F. Cook, Ann F. Atkins, Bud Fletcher, Wanda F. Knowles, Myra F. Kellett, Shirley F. Elsworth, and Jack Fletcher.

Surviving are son, Gary and Melanie Woods; daughter-in-law, Tina Woods; grandchildren, Bryan McWhorter, Haley Woods, Jim Bo Woods, Rose Woods, Lauren Woods, and Matthew Woods; great grandchildren, Gage McWhorter and Gunnar McWhorter; Nieces and Nephews also survive.

Funeral service will be held Wednesday, November 9th, at 3:00 P.M. from Graveside in West Hill Cemetery with Rev. Dewayne Teague officiating. Active Pallbearers Jason McArthur, Ethan Gaines, Bryan Hunter, Bryan McWhorter, Jimbo Woods. The Family will receive friends Wednesday from 1 until 3 P.M. at Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.

Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Laura Beatrice Fletcher Woods, who passed away Sunday.