Mildred Johnson

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mildred Bernice Johnson, 83, of Sikeston died Friday, March 28, 2003, at Clearview Nursing Center.

She was born July 4, 1919, in Hornbeak, Tenn., daughter of Samuel Calvin and Lottie Kimbell Weaks. She and Arnold D. "Jim" Johnson were married Aug. 2, 1939, in New Madrid, Mo. He died May 28, 1994.

Johnson was a member of Vanduser Baptist Church.

Survivors include a son, Jimmie Johnson of Vanduser, Mo.; two daughters, Joyce Bernhard of Charlotte, N.C., Donna Taylor of Morley, Mo.; three brothers, Lawrence Weaks of Tiptonville, Tenn., Nelson Weaks of New Haven, Mich., Gary Weaks of Union City, Tenn.; three sisters, Wilma Hampton of Dearborn Heights, Mich., Earline Allen of Plano, Texas, Onita Foote of Birmingham, Ala.; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother, a sister and a great-granddaughter.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the chapel. The Rev. Dennis Cebulak will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens at Morley.