She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnny Golden Hughes and Ida Mae Hughes; her beloved husbands, Thomas Griffin Donaldson (married 54 years) and Billy Johnson (married 3 years); her brothers Charles Hughes, Selma Hughes, Douglas Hughes, and Drexel Hughes; and her sisters Syblene Benton, Carolyn Gulledge, and Johnnie Johnson. She is survived by her sons, Billy Thomas Donaldson, Johnny James Donaldson and his wife Hazel, and Robert Clarence Donaldson and his wife Renee; her grandchildren, Rachel Donaldson, William Donaldson and his wife Samantha, Misty Donaldson, Jamie Traywick and her husband Dalton, and Cory Donaldson; her great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Douglas, Jason Douglas, Griffin Donaldson, Elise Donaldson, Kayleigh Donaldson, Paisley Traywick, Lainey Traywick, and Kinsley Traywick; her brother, Marion Hughes and his wife Martha Ann; and her sisters, Ruby Doris Johnson, Sharon Hutcheson, Ruby Nell Hutchinson and her husband Randy, and Lisa Jordon and her husband Mark.
Throughout her career, she worked faithfully as a wiring harness assembler. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
A visitation will be on Thursday October 1st, 2026, at 1:00 pm at Leak Memory Chapel in Montgomery, AL; a celebration of life will follow at 2:00 pm; Burial after at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery AL.
