Extracted from The Yahoo Herald (Yahoo City, MS)
Friday, January 7, 2011

BEA JOHNSON

Beatrice ``Bea'' Elnev Arender Johnson, 96, died Monday Jan. 3, 2011 in Baytown, Texas.

Visitation is today from 9-10 a.m. at Short Creek Baptist Church. Graveside funeral services will follow at Short Creek Cemetery under the direction of Stricklin-King Funeral Home.

Mrs. Johnson was born on April 28, 1914 in Smith County to Guy W. Arender and Lila Patterson Arender. She resided most of her life in Tinsley. She was married to James Calvin Johnson, who preceded her in death in September 1980. She was a member of Liverpool Baptist Church and also attended Short Creek Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her son James C. Johnson Jr.; and her grandsons William Isom Johnson Jr. and James C. Johnson III and Tony and Alsia.

Survivors include her son William Isom Johnson and his wife Janyce (of Baytown, Texas); grandsons Dr. John Jefferson Johnson and his wife Molly (of Del Rio, Texas); Albert George Johnson and his wife Rosalyn (of Baytown, Texas); Lee Walsi Johnson and his wife Heather (of Indianapolis, Indiana); great-granddaughters Lori, Sara, and Julie Johnson (of Del Rio, Texas); Courtney and Cassidy Johnson (of Baytown, Texas); great granddaughters Greyson and Emerson Johnson (of Indianapolis, Indiana); and great-grandsons Albert Jr. and Randy Johnson (of Baytown, Texas), and Kaleb Johnson (of Indianapolis, Indiana).

Mrs. Johnson is also survived by daughter-in-law Ann Johnson (of Stratford, TX), and granddaughter Lt. Col. Kara Neuse and her husband Micah Neuse and great-grandsons Bryce and Jayce Neuse (of San Antonio, TX); Great-granddaughter Alyssa Johnson (of Albuquerque, NM).

She was preceded in death by her son James C. Johnson (JR) and her grandsons William Isom Johnson Jr. and James C. Johnson III.

Additional surviving family include one sister Belvia Powell of Jackson, Mississippi; Mary Francis Sutton of Houston, Texas and her children Angela and Danny.