Susan Ann Johnson, also known as “Su-Su” and “Gator”, a resident of Ashford, passed away Sunday afternoon, September 28, 2025, at her home. She was 68.
Memorial services will be held at 5:00 P.M. (EDT), Wednesday, October 1, 2025, in the Evans-Skipper Funeral Home, Donalsonville, Georgia, with a eulogy to be given by a lifelong friend, Lynn Phillips. The family will receive friends from 4:00 until 5:00 P.M. (EDT) Wednesday at Evans Skipper Funeral Home where flowers will be accepted. Holman-Headland Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements.
Susan Johnson was born in Bainbridge, Georgia, daughter of the late Emmett Carlton “Cotton” Johnson and Allie Elizabeth Alday Johnson. She was a 1975 graduate of Seminole County High School in Donalsonville. Susan lived all her life in Donalsonville, Georgia before moving to Ashford in 2012. She was formerly employed as a Dispatcher and Administrative Clerk both with Bainbridge Public Safety.
Susan was an active member of the Lake Seminole Lions Club.
Surviving relatives include her spouse, Gary Elliott; a daughter, Brooklyn Mullis (Robbie), all of Ashford; grandsons, Chip Earnest, Birmingham; and Kendall Mullis, Bainbridge, GA; a chosen granddaughter, Laura Payne, Midland City; a lifelong best friend, Lynn Phillips, Colquitt, GA; and her canine friend, “Jax”.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
909 South Tennille Ave. P.O. Box 206, Donalsonville, GA 39845

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