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Willie “Billie” <I>Lusk</I> Johnson

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Willie “Billie” Lusk Johnson

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19 Sep 2020 (aged 92)
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Buffington, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Last surviving child of ten born to Miller and Bessie Lusk. In her earlier years, she almost single-handedly ran a dairy, with the help of her two teenage sons. She owned and ran Johnson’s Bargain Store. She drove all over Atlanta going to large retails stores, where she bought their end of season shoes and clothes and sold them at greatly reduced prices in the Canton area. She was a gifted artist, clothes maker, quilt maker, basket weaver and furniture upholsterer. When business was slow at the bargain store, she could be found in the back of the store making clothing, refinishing furniture, or painting pictures. She was a lifelong and oldest member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Waleska. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Roscoe Lusk - who was shot down in the Pacific during World War II, Jack Lusk, John Lusk, Grady Lusk, Truman Lusk, Winona Lusk Brand, Annie Lusk Cox, Mary Lusk Blanton, and Betty Jo Lusk Martin; son Charles Johnson - who was killed by a drunk driver in December 1971 with a cousin, Robin Dobson. She is survived by her four children, Jimmy Johnson, Marcia Johnson, Joy Johnson, and Patricia Martin; daughter-in-law, Jane Holcomb Johnson; three grandchildren, Kim (Latrice) Johnson, Amy Johnson Massey (Larry) and Nathan Martin; two great-grandchildren, Atherton and Aughton Massey; special niece and nephews, Mamie Upchurch, Steve and Willis Lusk.
Last surviving child of ten born to Miller and Bessie Lusk. In her earlier years, she almost single-handedly ran a dairy, with the help of her two teenage sons. She owned and ran Johnson’s Bargain Store. She drove all over Atlanta going to large retails stores, where she bought their end of season shoes and clothes and sold them at greatly reduced prices in the Canton area. She was a gifted artist, clothes maker, quilt maker, basket weaver and furniture upholsterer. When business was slow at the bargain store, she could be found in the back of the store making clothing, refinishing furniture, or painting pictures. She was a lifelong and oldest member of Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Waleska. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Roscoe Lusk - who was shot down in the Pacific during World War II, Jack Lusk, John Lusk, Grady Lusk, Truman Lusk, Winona Lusk Brand, Annie Lusk Cox, Mary Lusk Blanton, and Betty Jo Lusk Martin; son Charles Johnson - who was killed by a drunk driver in December 1971 with a cousin, Robin Dobson. She is survived by her four children, Jimmy Johnson, Marcia Johnson, Joy Johnson, and Patricia Martin; daughter-in-law, Jane Holcomb Johnson; three grandchildren, Kim (Latrice) Johnson, Amy Johnson Massey (Larry) and Nathan Martin; two great-grandchildren, Atherton and Aughton Massey; special niece and nephews, Mamie Upchurch, Steve and Willis Lusk.

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  • Created by: 49106808
  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215892771/willie-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Willie “Billie” Lusk Johnson (25 Sep 1927–19 Sep 2020), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215892771, citing Ponder Cemetery, Buffington, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by 49106808 (contributor 49106808).