Lorene Johnson, 95, of Morgantown, Ky., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield, Ky. Lorene was born July 12, 1919, in Ohio County, Ky., to the late Rado and Gusta Wilcox Clark, and wife of the late Cooper Johnson.
She was a member of Brooklyn Missionary Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Other than her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by one son, James Johnson; one daughter, Betty Jean Burden; two sisters, Inez Phelps and Ruby Keown; three brothers, Newton, Aaron and James A. Clark; two grandchildren, Roger Lee Cardwell and James Curtis Cardwell; great-granddaughter, Reagan Lee Meredith, and one stepgrandson, Jamie Ray Embry.
Lorene Johnson is survived by three daughters, Margie Bratcher, husband Gordon, of Caneyville, Ky., Helen Cockerell, husband Madrain, of Caneyville, Ky., and Sharon Cardwell, husband Roger, of Morgantown, Ky.; five sons, Cooper Johnson Jr., wife Tracy, of Caneyville, Ky., Wendel Johnson, wife Phyllis, of Morgantown, Ky., Glendal Johnson, wife Loretta, of Morgantown, Ky., Roger Johnson, wife Janie, of Caneyville, Ky., and Danny Johnson, wife Lisa, of Morgantown, Ky.; 22 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, and one sister, Anna Mae Phelps, of Roundhill, Ky.
Funeral services will be held at the Jones Funeral Chapel Friday, Jan. 2, at 1 p.m. with Bro. Gary Embry and Bro. Clint White officiating. Burial will be in the Chapel Union Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the Jones Funeral Chapel Thursday, Jan. 1, from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. until funeral time at 1 p.m. at the Jones Funeral Chapel.
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