Edith Johnson

ANNA, Ill. -- Edith Rhodes Johnson, 84, of Anna died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, at Union County Hospital.

She was born March 11, 1917, in Grand Tower, Ill., daughter of Robert and Emma Foster Gregory. She and Aaron Rhodes were married in 1934 in Granite City. He died in 1978. She and John Johnson were married in 1982 in Anna. He died in 1994.

Johnson was a member of Anna Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors include two daughters, Naomi Acklin of Jonesboro, Ill., Wilma Cain of Arcola, Ill.; two sons, Charles Rhodes of Marianna, Fla., Andy Rhodes of Lincoln, Mont.; a sister, Elizabeth Staige of Collinsville, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna from 6-8 p.m. today, and after 1 p.m. Sunday at Anna Church of the Nazarene.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church, with the Rev. Richard Keeley officiating. Burial will be in Alto Pass Cemetery.