Emma Louise
Hilliard
TUESDAY JULY 11, 2006
1928-2006
MOREHEAD - Emma Louise Hilliard Johnson, age 77, of Whitaker Street, Morehead, Kentucky, passed away Monday, July 3, 2006, at Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, after an extended illness. She was born November 27, 1928, in Danville, Kentucky, to the late Luther Moss and Emma Houston Samuel Hilliard.
She attended nurses training at St. Joseph Hospital, where she met her husband Clint while his mother was a patient. She worked at St. Claire Medical Center from 1964 to 1991, when she retired.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Clinton William Johnson, whom she wed December 18, 1948, in Lexington and their four sons-Lynn (Jada) Johnson, Kenny Johnson, and Louis Johnson, all of Morehead and Erick Johnson of Fishers, Indiana; five grandchildren-Tiffany (Scott) Blair, Annie (Jonathan) Hart, Brian Johnson, Erika Johnson, and Laken Johnson; two great-grandchildren-Avery and Sydney Blair, and soon-to-be-born Great-Grandson Hart. Additional survivors include one brother, Luther Hilliard, and one sister, Frances Brewer, of Lexington, Kentucky.
Funeral services will be conducted 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 6, 2006, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with Darrell Johnson officiating; burial will follow in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are her four sons and Brian Johnson, Laken Johnson, Scott Blair, and Jonathan Hart. Serving as honorary pallbearers are Mike Alderman, Jeff Callahan, John Reed, Cary Lyle, Ronnie Swartz, Dwayne Allen, and Johnny Holbrook. Visitation is after 5 p.m. Wednesday at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to one's favorite charity.