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Essalona Johnson dies in Michigan




Essalona Adams Johnson, 83, formerly of Virgie, died March 2 in Michigan.

Born in Pike County to the late Milburn and Belva Riddle Adams, she was the widow of Eugene Johnson.

She was a sister of the late Frank Adams, Charlie Adams, Jimmy Adams, Bobbie Tackett, and an infant twin sister, Joann Adams.

Surviving are a daughter, Rita Johnson, Melvindale, Mich.; a son, Randy Johnson, Taylor, Mich.; four sisters, Faye Johnson and Fan Fleming, both of Long Fork, Edith Damron, Florida, and Mavis Ostrowski, California; and grandchildren.

Memorial services were held March 6. Burial was in the Nelson Mullins Cemetery at Long Fork.



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