Mary Ruth Smith Johnston, 95, of Summerville, Georgia, died on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at Oakview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Johnston was born Sept. 6, 1919, in Center Post, Ga., the daughter of the late George W. Millican and Lillie Mae Kinsey Millican. She had worked at the Summerville Cotton Mill.
Other than her parents, Mrs. Johnston was preceded in death b y her first husband, Buford H. Smith; her second husband, Odell Johnston; sons, Joe E. Smith and Martin C. Smith; daughter, Glenda Faye Buffington; brother, Arthur Guylie Millican; sisters, Mattie Lou Allmond, Minnie Lee Bain, and Edna Pauline Strickland.
Mrs. Johnston is survived by her children, Herman Wayne Smith, Lula Mae Payne, Radonna Gale Green, Barbara Dianne Blackwell, and Cynthia Hope Cotton; 32 grandchildren; 76 great-grandchildren; 34 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at Mason Funeral Home with Reverend Mike Odom and Reverend Wayne Payne officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Grandsons.
Mrs. Johnston will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:30 until the service hour on Friday. At other hours the family will be at 256 Marble Springs Road.