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Senate
Resolution 86
By:
Senator Unterman of the 45th
A
RESOLUTION
Honoring
and remembering the life of Ms. Onnie Lucille Johnson; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
during the course of her humble life, Ms. Onnie Lucille Johnson touched many
lives with her generous and faithful spirit; and
WHEREAS,
she was born in 1920, a proud daughter of Gwinnett County, and departed this
life on Sunday, January 7, 2007; and
WHEREAS,
she spent her youth picking cotton in rural Gwinnett County, and graduated from
Mechanicsville School in western Gwinnett County; and
WHEREAS,
she was a member of the Greatest Generation, for she endured through the Great
Depression and sacrificed during WWII; and
WHEREAS,
she was a charter member of Buford Highway Baptist Church in Doraville and South
Gwinnett Baptist Church in Snellville and was honored to be the "Old Lady" of
the church; and
WHEREAS,
she retired from full-time employment in 1981 after 25 years of loyal service to
Avon Cosmetics Company; and
WHEREAS,
she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Mr. Royce Alvin Johnson,
and her only son, Dean Royce Johnson, and her four siblings, and is survived by
two children, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren;
and
WHEREAS,
she was a faithful Christian who lived her life honestly, decently, frugally,
and simply, and she exuded a quiet strength in her twilight years that is the
moniker of her generation.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join
together to express their deepest regret at the passing of Ms. Onnie Lucille
Johnson but share the celebration of her life with her family, friends, and
county.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of Ms. Onnie
Lucille Johnson.