RACHEL JOHNSON

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MS. RACHEL JOHNSON, AGE 40, OF SMYRNA, GA AND FORMERLY OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MS. JOHNSON PASSED AWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 2,2013 AT EMORY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL IN SMYRNA, GA. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013 AT 4:00 PM AT FRIENDSHIP MEMORIAL GARDENS WITH REV. JAMES SCARBOROUGH OFFICIATING AND DAVID BROOM GIVING AN EULOGY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE MIMS BARN 7019 RIVER ROAD IN DONALSONVILLE, GA ON THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 2013 FROM 6:00-8:00 PM. MS. JOHNSON WAS BORN ON SEPT. 23, 1972 TO DANNY AND ELAINE HOUSTON JOHNSON. SHE GRADUATED FROM SEMINOLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1991 AND FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IN 1996. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF NEW SALEM FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AS A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT SEARCH COORDINATOR WITH WINSHIP CANCER INSTITUTE WITH THE EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN ATLANTA, GA. MS. JOHNSON LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, HER PARENTS, DANNY AND ELAINE JOHNSON OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; A SISTER, STEPHANIE MIMS AND HER HUSBAND GREG OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; A BROTHER, TRUETTE JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE JILL OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; A NEPHEW, WILL MIMS AND THREE NIECES, KATIBETH MIMS AND JILLIAN AND ADDISON JOHNSON ALL OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A SPECIAL FRIEND, DAVID BROOM OF BLUE RIDGE, GA. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, BILLY AND DOROTHY HOUSTON AND HER PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, MILTON AND ESMERELDA JOHNSON. THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION 8384 BAYMEADOWS ROAD SUITE 10 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256; THE BAINBRIDGE DECATUR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY 1350 COX AVENUE BAINBRIDGE, GA 39817; OR ST. JUDE'S CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL 262 DANNY THOMAS PLACE MEMPHIS, TN 38105.