Doris Johnson

JOHNSON, Mrs. Doris Delores – Age 64, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, 502 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Pastor Chester Payton officiating. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Johnson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8 p.m. Monday. Mrs. Doris Delores Johnson was born March 29, 1947 in Killen, Alabama, the daughter of Mary Ellen and Walter James Harden. Doris resided in Flint and was a member of Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church. She attended Mott Community College and retired from Delphi after 29 years of dedicated service. Doris loved cooking, doing arts and crafts; but most of all she loved her family and the people in her neighborhood. She had a very generous heart that attracted people of all different walks of life. Doris was a fighter until the very end. Mrs. Doris Delores Johnson leaves to cherish her memory; 2 daughters, Kimberly (Anthony) Martin of Temple, TX and Kesha (Robert Doncontell) Horton of Grand Blanc, MI; 2 sons, Kimball (Arlynda) Horton of Mt. Morris, MI and Kerry (Aqueya) Horton of Swartz Creek, MI; 17 grandchildren, Tinea Horton, Tamyra Richard, Shareka Leslie, Briana Perez, Kerale Cayton, Kiara Horton, Cortez Horton, Brandon Horton, Keyonna McKinnie-Horton, Bryson Horton, Donavan Horton, Dylon Horton, Dae’Lyn Horton, Braylon Horton, all of Flint, Antavia Martin, Antriea Martin, Anthony Martin, Jr. and Antravion Martin, all of Temple, TX; 4 great grandchildren, Jasmine Cocklean, Tariyah Johnson, Danielle Perez and Dewayne Martin; sister, Lillie Hyman; 9 nieces, including special nieces, Michelle Smith of Flint, Debra Harden of Cleveland, OH and Norma Jones of Flint; 6 nephews, including very special nephew, Walter Jones of Flint; many cousins, special cousins, Patricia of LasVegas, NV, Teresa and Robert Smith, Jr. of Flint; 5 sisters-in-law; 3 brothers-in-law; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Charles McKenzie, Bertha, Sue, Barbara, Sam Wright, Willie B. Jormer and former husband, Arthur Horton of Florence, Alabama. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by husband, R.G. Johnson; 1 great granddaughter; parents, Mary Ellen and Walter James Harden; 3 sisters; 6 brothers; aunt and uncle, Doris and Robert T. Smith. The family would like to express special thanks to Lesia King, Tonya Jenkins, Walter and Norma Jones, Walmart family, Minister Johnson and Pastor Payton and the entire Rising Star Baptist Church; all the Doctors and Nurses that cared for her in her last days.

Doris Johnson

March 29, 1947 - December 24, 2011