December 4, 2019
75 year old Joyce Ann Johnson of Smithville passed away Tuesday at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. She was a member of the Pomeroy Chapel Brethren In Christ Church and a retired machine operator at Kingston Timers. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Brian Jones will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Thursday from 3:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 11:00 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Johnson; parents, Johnny and Letha Lawrence Young; three brothers, Dennis, Alfred, and J.W. Young; and a sister, Geraldine Fish. She is survived by five sisters, Ollie and Billy Sturgis of Louisiana, Dorothy Faye Adkins of Dowelltown, Christine Arnold of Smithville, Janie and Doug Cook and Cordie “Spankie” and Garry Davis of Smithville. Brother, Kenneth and Lucy Young of Smithville. Special nephew, Nelson Davis of Smithville. Special friend and daughter Cordell and Melanie Chapman of Smithville. Special friends, Faye Sandosky and Janie Horvath. Brother-in-law and his wife Walter and Jo Johnson of Smithville. Sisters-in-law, Rose and Phinus Daniel of Sparta and Wanda of Michigan. Several nieces and nephews. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.