Mrs. Pauline Moore Johns Hiott

love for God, her family, and her life. She was a lifelong believer in Christ,

and a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Pauline was preceded in death

many years ago by her father, William Dempsey Moore (1890-1939), her

mother Katie Cowan Moore (1890-1966), her son Pat (our golden boy)

(1945-1953), Theo Johns (1910-1968), her husband and beloved father of

her children, her second husband Allen Hiott (1920-2000), her devoted

daughter-in-law Kittye Sponseller Johns, and her treasured son-in-law

William A. Smith, as well as virtually all family and friends of her

generation.

Pauline is survived by: her children, Max Theo Johns (Billie) of

Pooler, Ruby Georgia Saxon Smith, Garden city, Ida Gail Elliott (Reuben),

Garden City, her stepsons Edward (Mattie), Jimmie, and David Allen Hiott;

her grandchildren, Kittye Raye Sears (Kent), Max Johns, Jr. (Christie), Karl

Johns (Christine), of Northern Virginia, and Capt. Paul Elliott, US Army;

Reuben Lee Elliott, David Saxon (Sandra), Charles Saxon (Peggy), and

Patrick Saxon (Lisa) of Chatham County; as well as many devoted

descendants of younger generations. Pauline loved all and was loved in turn

by everyone who ever knew her.

Pauline was born in Emanuel County, descending from ancestors who

were some of the earliest settlers on the Georgia frontier. Although her

ancestors were yeoman farmers and not slave-holding planters, several of

her great grandfathers served in the Civil War, two of whom, Dempsey

Moore (1832-1862) and his brother William Moore (1833-1862) died trying

to defend the Confederacy.

At the beginning of the Second World War, Theo and Pauline

moved their small family to Chatham County to find work in the thriving

wartime industries of Savannah. Both worked in shipyards during the War,

she as a welder. Because of her small size she could get into the tiniest

places deep within the hull of a ship and do essential welding in spots

unreachable by a man. Our parents earned our everlasting gratitude for

undertaking the difficult and courageous step of leaving their Emanuel

County homeland and thereby enabling us to grow up amongst the cultural

and economic opportunities available in Savannah. We are indebted to our

father for our genes to get ahead and to our mother for our love of reading

and learning.

The family requests that any material remembrance be in the form of a

financial contribution to Hospice Savannah.

Interment will be private.

Fairhaven Funeral Home & Crematory

Garden City, Georgia

(912) 964 – 2862

Fairhavenfuneralhome.net