Mollie Faye Hickox Johnson, 87, of Blackshear, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House in Waycross.
Born in Lakeland October 20, 1935, she had lived in Ohio for many years before moving to Blackshear in 2000. She had been a homemaker before going to work as the florist at Kroger in Urbana, OH, where she retired in 1998. She loved tending to flowers and baking. While living in Ohio, she enjoyed farm life and taking care of all of their animals. She had been a member of The Homemakers Club as well as the Garden Club both in Cable, OH as well as volunteered at Mercy Memorial in Urbana, OH in their Twig Program. She had been a member of the Living Waters Church of God in Marysville, OH before moving to Blackshear and joining New Life Church. She will be remembered as a lady who loved life and never took it too seriously.
She was a daughter of the late Matthew Eugene and Nancy Jane Futch Hickox. She was also preceded in death by her son-in-law, Robert Rommel; all of her siblings and their spouses, Opal (Harold) Godwin, Saidee (Bill) Fussell, Naoma (Joseph) Whiteman, Eugene (Lois) Hickox and Jimpsey “Pal” Hickox; a niece, Marie Kay Shuman and two nephews, Jack (Mary) Nix and Nathan Godwin.
Survivors include her loving husband of 69 years, Eugene Franklin Johnson, Blackshear; her daughter, Vickie Rommel, Blackshear; her two grandchildren, Tiffany (Michael) Altman and Kyle (Shawna) Carter; two great-grandchildren, Daniel Flowers and Savannah Flowers; her niece’s husband, Larry Shuman, Douglasville; her nephew’s wife, Barbara Godwin, Cartersville and several other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, August 18, at the funeral home.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, August 18, from the Blackshear Cemetery.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.
Pearson Dial Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
