Extracted from The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
THERA MAE L. JOHNSON
SMITHFIELD -- Mrs. Thera L. Johnson, 83, of 902 Berkshire Road died Wednesday, February 9, 2000, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Funeral service 7 p.m. Thursday at Minshew Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Joey Yow officiating. Burial Burnell Baptist Church Cemetery Friday, February 11 at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Johnson was born March 4 1916, to the late James Harry and Dallas Allen Lee and was the wife of the late Orvin Johnson.
Survivors include her daughters Carolyn J. Toole and Julia J. Moore both of Four Oaks; sons, James Harry Johnson and Dallas Orvin Johnson, both of Four Oaks; and sister, Callie Pope; grandchildren Melissa Moore Sanders, Michael Alan Moore, Daniel Earl Toole, Dallas Clinton Johnson and Orvin Lee Johnson; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, James Harry Lee, Victor Lee, and Thurman Lee.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday evening after the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Burnell Baptist Church, 3720 Old School Road, Four Oaks, NC 27524. Minshew Funeral Home in Four Oaks is in charge of the arrangements.
Thursday, February 10, 2000