Anna Johnson

BAXTER-Funeral services for Anna Frances Leftwich Johnson, 85, of Somerville, TN and formerly of Baxter, TN will be held at the Somerville Church of Christ on Tuesday, January 9 with visitation from 4:00-6:00 pm and the funeral service to follow. A second service will be held at the Baxter Church of Christ on Thursday, January 11 with visitation from 12:00-2:00 pm and the funeral service at the church to follow. Interment will be at Smellage Cemetery immediately after the service. She passed into the arms of her Lord January 5, 2018. She was born April 12, 1932 in Buffalo Valley, TN to the late Burch and Maurine Bartlett Leftwich. She was a faithful member of Somerville Church of Christ and previously of Gragg Avenue Church of Christ in Memphis, TN. She taught for 30 years in the Memphis City School system and impacted many lives. She is survived by her loving husband of 65 and a half years, Bernes Johnson, sons Robert and wife Tricia Marie Johnson, Thomas Burch and wife Debbie Johnson, daughter Patricia Johnson Gilbert and husband Van, grandchildren: Jacob Robert Johnson, Beth Anne Johnson, Kensey and Kelly Johnson, Deanna Keierleber, Katie Current, Laura Gilbert and Emily Nason, great-grandson Moses Keierleber. Memorial gifts are requested to be given to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Hope Springs International. Dyer Funeral Home in Cookeville, TN is in charge of arrangements. Thoughts and memories can be shared at www.dyerfh.com.