Adeline McCoy Johnson

Published 7:26 pm Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Funeral services for Adeline McCoy Johnson will be Saturday, Sept. 30, at 11 a.m. at Zion Traveler’s M. B. Church. Interment will follow under the direction of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

There will be a visitation Friday, Sept. 29, in the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m.

Ms. Johnson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Merit Health River Region following a lengthy illness. She was 79.

She had worked for Batesville Casket Co. and was a member of the Gospel Temple M. B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Sydney and Bessie L. Powell McCoy; her 2 sons, Carl Johnson and Archie Johnson.

She is survived by her three sons, David Johnson, Keith Johnson, and Edward Johnson all of Vicksburg; and her two daughters, Mary Yelder and Cherry Johnson, both of Vicksburg; nine grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and a host of cousins and others.