Barbara Yarbrough Johnson

Barbara was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 26, 1936. She attended Snellville High School, and in 1954 she married Jimmie Johnson, Sr. She worked for the telephone company and United States Postal Service until she became a homemaker to care for her growing family. Later in life she began a career with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and stayed there until her retirement. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Snellville.

Barbara had a deep love for her children and grandchildren and considered them her greatest achievement. She is survived by her children, Janna Johnson, Jimmie Johnson and his wife Jennifer, Jo Johnson, Jill J. Barnes and her husband Nick, her grandchildren Morgan Johnson and her partner Derek Spencer, Callaway Johnson and his wife Rachel Johnson, Austin Barnes, Ava Barnes, her sister Veronica Y. Muessemeyer and her husband Paul, and her nephews David Muessemeyer and Michael Muessemeyer.

There will be a service for family members on Wednesday, December 2nd. Arrangements are being handled by Eternal Hills Funeral Home in Snellville, Georgia.

“For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” 2nd Corinthians 5:1

Donations in lieu of flowers can be made in Barbara’s name to the Multiple Sclerosis Society at the following link: https://secure.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Events/HOM-General?pg=fund&fr_id=7541&pxfid=626760