Ethel Johnson Obituary
Mrs. Ethel Emory Johnson, 79, of Hogansville, passed away Monday, January 19, 2026, at her home.
Mrs. Johnson was born December 2, 1946, in Heard County, daughter of the late Quillian Emory and Maude Arrington Emory Colley. A resident of Hogansville most of her life, she was Baptist by faith and was employed for a number of years by Uniroyal, Inc. and retired from Westek Textiles. She enjoyed fishing and camping and especially loved being a NaNa to all of her nieces and nephews.
Survivors include her sisters, Flo Lane and Betty Baker, both of Hogansville and a number of nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Luby Johnson; her brother, Roy Emory; and her sister, Mary Hogan.
The funeral service will be conducted at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 21, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. Interment will be in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, prior to the service.
Condolences may be expressed at www.mckibbenfuneralhome.com
Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
208 Johnson Street PO Box 382, Hogansville, GA 30230
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