MR. BEN JOHNSON, SR., age 92, of Lake Wanda Rita Road-Summerville, Georgia passed away Tuesday (June 2, 2009) in a LaFayette, Georgia nursing home. A native of Chattooga County, Georgia, He was born to the late George and Mary Millican Johnson on May 28, 1917. Mr. Johnson attended the Pennville Gospel Tabernacle, was a Veteran of WW II serving in the U. S. Navy, and was retired from the Georgia Glove Mill.

Surviving are His wife-Faye Belle Whitley Johnson ; daughter-Mary Young of Trion; son Ben Johnson, Jr. of Summerville; step daughters-Brenda Chambers of Summerville and Gail Henry of New Mexico; five Grandchildren, several Great Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews also survive.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Earle Rainwater Funeral Home.