Woodbury resident Jimmie Lance Johnston, 71, died May 23 at her home after an extended illness. She was a former factory worker, seamstress, housewife and a former employee of Mike Smith Funeral Home. She was also a lifetime member of Woodbury Fire Department and a member of the Centertown Class of 1956. She was preceded in death by sisters, Emma Sue Simmons and Juanita McCarty. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, William Bill Johnston of Woodbury; daughter, Lisa Johnston of Woodbury; two sisters, Dorothy Thomas of Lena, Miss., Corrine Jones of Manchester. Several nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of Woodbury Funeral Home at 4 p.m. today with Herb Alsup and Lemuel Underhill. Interment will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery. Woodbury Funeral Home is in charge of arrangement.
