Bertha Salmons Johnson

She was born November 3, 1926, in Yadkin County and was the daughter of the late Blum Alexander and Fannie Jane Swaim Salmons. She was a faithful and devoted homemaker who supported and assisted her husband on the family farm and was an avid quilter. She was a member of Gospel Baptist Church where she had been a member of the choir and formerly worked in the children’s ministry.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death on July 16, 1990, by her husband, Robert Lee Johnson, Sr. whom she married on January 17, 1942; two daughters, Patricia J. Gobble and Wanda J. Anderson; a son, Larry Lee Johnson; four sisters, Lois Myers, Merondale Crater, Minnie Mozelle Wagoner and Hazel Marie Cook; and three brothers, Thomas Salmons, Johnnie Salmons, and Lonnie Salmons.

She is survived by a daughter, Dinna Johnson of Mocksville; three sons, Roger Lee (Linda) Johnson and Robert Lee (Shewnee) Johnson, Jr., both of Statesville and Sherrill (Teresa) Johnson of Harmony; two sisters, Veatrice Arnolds of Hamptonville and Anne Meadows of Kernersville; a brother, Commie Salmons; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral service celebrating Bertha’s life will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, December 14, 2014, in the Ernest Troutman Memorial Chapel at Reavis Funeral Home of Harmony with the Rev. Kevin Hobsen officiating. Burial will follow in the Harmony Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home prior to the service and at the home of the daughter, Dinna Johnson, following the service.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.reavisfuneralhomeharmony.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gospel Baptist Church, 5014 Main Church Road Ext, Mocksville, NC 27028; or to Kate B. Reynolds Hospice, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

Reavis Funeral Home of Harmony is entrusted with the arrangements.