Extracted from The Minden Press-Herald (Minden, LA)
Lottie Wall Johnson Waters
Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and you confessed the good confession before many witnesses, I Timothy 6:12.
After a life filled with faith, Lottie Wall Johnson Waters was summoned home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Jan. 14, 2009, Willis-Knighton Hospital, Bossier City.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Jan 18, 2009, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Coushatta. Interment will follow at Lane Memorial Cemetery in Sibley at 4 p.m.
Visitation will be held Saturday from 5 until 9 p.m.
Lottie was born Aug. 4, 1932, in Monticello, Ark. She resided in Sibley for 45 years with her late husband, Lawrence W. Johnson and worked as a dedicated nurse, wife and mother.
She is preceded in death by her late husband, Lawrence W. Johnson; her parents, Zack Eagon Wall and Evelyn Herring Wall of Monticello; one sister, Arlene McQuistion of McGee, Ark.; two grandchildren, Jemery Todd Alexander and Pamela Kay Miller.
She is survived by her husband of 8 years, BC Waters of Coushatta; one brother, JW Wall and wife Mary of Minden; one sister, Maxine Cox of Minden; six children; daughter Brenda Woodard and husband of Ringgold, Linda Miller and husband Ricky of Minden, Judy Alexander and husband Terry of Dubberly, son James W. Johnson of Ringgold, daughter Lanette Smith and husband Phillip of Sibley, Sherry McClung and husband Keith of Minden; two stepchildren, Michael Waters and wife Jackie and Linda Woodall and husband George all of Hall Summitt. She is survived by 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, John Lawrence Miller, James Micheal Miller, Christopher Adam Woodard, Joshua Caleb Woodard, Christopher Brannon Johnson, Jacob Brandon Woodard, Casey Justin Alexander, Shelton Dillon Procell and Barry Clayton Knotts.
The family would like to thank everyone for their prayers and loving support. A special thank you to the doctors and staff of Willis-Knighton, Bossier and Bill and Kaye Johnson.
In lieu of flowers the family ask that donations be made to the charity of your choice.
Friday, January 16, 2009