Bonnie Faye Bissell Johnson of Bolivar
Mrs. Johnson, the widow of Johnny Johnson, passed away Tuesday at her home in Bolivar.
She was a native of Itta Bena, MS where she graduated high school and was the daughter of the late W. S. and Lois E. Hoyle Bissell. She also was a graduate of Mississippi Delta Junior College. On September 5, 1954, she was united in marriage to Mr. John Herschel Johnson and who preceded her in death on February 26, 2012.
The Johnson’s worked closely together at her husband’s car dealership in Bolivar where she was the bookkeeper for 31 years. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Bolivar First United Methodist Church and in her leisure time, like to travel and see plays.
She leaves several nieces and nephews as her survivors including Allen H. Bissell, Jr. of Fairview, TN, C. Randall Bissell of Corpus Christi, TX, Harold G. “Sonny” Wahl, Jr. of Paulina, LA, Gary Wahl of Paulina, John Wahl of Lutcher, LA, Cecil T. Johnson, Jr. of Ypsilanti, MI, Mary J. Frazier of Ypsilanti, and Linda J. Stennis of Rocky Mountain, VA; and a sister-in-law, Jean Wahl of Lutcher, LA.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded by brothers, Allen H. Bissell of Jackson, MS and Willard S. Bissell of New Orleans, LA.
Memorials may be sent to the Bolivar First United Methodist Church.
