Ida Bell Johnson

Funeral services for Ida Belle Duke Johnson, age 88, of Cookeville, will be at 11 a.m. Friday July 5 at Dyer Funeral Home. Bishop Ron Phillips and Pastor Tim Milligan will officiate. Interment will follow at the Birdwell Cemetery in Jackson County. Her family will receive friends Thursday from 3 - 5 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. until service time. Mrs. Johnson passed away Saturday June 29, 2019 at her home. She was born January 17, 1931 in Jackson County, TN to the late Bedford and Louise Holmes Duke. Mrs. Johnson was a member of First United Pentecostal Church. She was formerly employed at S & W Cafe in Cookeville. She and her late husband, Glen, went from place to place singing gospel music for many years. They were also charter members of Emanuel Church of Christ. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Glen Johnson; three sisters, Altie Mai Davis, Anna Ruth McDonald, and Betty Jean Collier; and five brothers, Carlos, Clifton, Freeman, Raligh, and Rufus Duke. Pallbearers will be Stanley Duke, Radford Duke, Bobby Collier Jr., Israel Alzarez, Diego Alzarez, Randy Duke, and Steve Warren. Dyer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. (931)526-7158 Share your thoughts and memories at dyerfh.com.