Betty June Guthrey Johnson

Betty June Guthrey Johnson, 93, died Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at her residence in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Graveside Services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, August 3, 2023 at Parkhill Cemetery with Rev. Ed Rollins officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 PM Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at McMullen Funeral Home and Crematory, 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.

Betty was born October 21, 1929 in Columbus, Georgia, to the late Elmer Guthrey and Bertie Mae Pritchett. She married James Ralph Johnson, Jr in August of 1949 in Columbus. Betty moved from Columbus to Dothan, Alabama after her marriage, and then to Tampa Bay, Florida in 1958 where she lived until moving to York County, SC in 1970 residing at McConnells. She and her husband moved to Charleston Edisto Island, SC in 1980 and resided there until she returned to her hometown of Columbus in 1994. She returned to McConnells in 2012 to be closer to her children and grandchildren.  She was residing at Brookview Healthcare in Gaffney, South Carolina for the last 8 months. Betty had many hobbies over the years, making ceramic figurines, flower arranging, reading, and making quilts, having made many for her children and grandchildren over the years.

Other than her parents she is preceded in death by her 3 siblings Floyd R. Guthrey, James F. Guthrey & Bobbie Ann Guthrey Dahl, Ralph Johnson and her grandson, James Brian Johnson.

She leaves behind 2 daughters and 2 sons, Gwen Johnson Kodad & husband Steve Kodad, Janice Johnson all of Bradenton, Florida, Don Johnson & wife Ina Ruth Frame of McConnells, SC, and Richard Johnson of Rock Hill, SC, 4 grandchildren Heather Johnson, Amanda Johnson Lenker & husband Joseph Lenker, Brandon Johnson, all of Rock Hill, SC, and Katherine Johnson of Charlotte, NC, great-grandchild, Phillip Lenker, as well as many nieces and nephews. She will be buried alongside her siblings, Floyd R. Guthrey, James F. Guthrey, and Bobbie Ann Guthrey Dahl.