Mrs. Jimmie Lee Johnson

JOHNSON, Mrs. Jimmie Lee - Age 90, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2019 in DeKalb, GA. Family hour 10:00 AM Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Dozier Memorial CME Church, 3212 S. Saginaw Street, with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Rev. Dr. Phillip D. Washington officiating. Interment Gracelawn Community Cemetery, G-5710 N. Saginaw Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:00 AM Saturday. 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 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Friday. Mrs. Jimmie Lee (Baldwin) Johnson was born on November 26, 1928 in Benevolence, Georgia, the daughter of the late Arthur and Lizzie Mae Baldwin. She moved with her family at an early age to Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Johnson was educated in the Detroit Public School Syster. She enrolled and graduated from a hospital nursing program and was certified as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Mrs. Johnson worked at the U.S. Public Health Hospital in Detroit. She married Jerry Lee Johnson and moved to Flint, Michigan more than 40 years ago. Mrs. Johnson worked as a LPN at Hurley Hospital Outpatient. She was a dedicated and compassionate Worker/Nurse at Mott Children’s Health Center and Flint School of Choice. While employed at Flint School of Choice she mentored and became a positive, influential and motivating person in the lives of hundreds of teen parents. The Teen Mom Program was her passion. She went over and beyond as she was driven to help these moms after school hours. This was her own outreach ministry and engaged others to participate in making a change in the lives of these young people. Mrs. Johnson received many awards and honors for her outpouring of love to this ministry/community service. She was a member of St. John C.M.E. Church until she moved to Flint. Mrs. Johnson joined Dozier Memorial C.M.E. Church and served devotedly and loyally to the Stewardess Board and Adult Usher Board. She was a faithful member in the Adult Sunday Class and was an active member in the Baldwin Family Reunion Club. Mrs. Johnson was affectionately called “Jim, Jimmie Lee, Tripp, Ma and Granny”, and offered moral support to her family, friends and the community in which she lived. She loved poetry, singing songs on the radio and dancing. Mrs. Johnson leaves behind a heritage of love, happiness and caring which her family will share forever. Her husband, Jerry Lee Johnson and son, Gregory Tripp preceded her in death. Mrs. Jimmie Lee (Baldwin) Johnson leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Pamela Golson of Stone Mountain, GA; sons, Albert Johnson of Vallejo, CA and Jerry Johnson Jr. of San Leandro, CA; daughter/cousin, Darlene Bracey of Roselle, NJ; brother, Moses Baldwin of Detroit, MI; daughter-in-law, Addie Tripp; sister-in-law, Ollie Bell Hollins of Memphis, TN; cousin, Clem (Sonny) Hogan; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends including special friends, Faye Hudson and Elonda Blaylock.

Mrs. Jimmie Lee Johnson

November 26, 1928 - February 9, 2019