Elma Lee Johnston

Mrs. Elma Lee McCollum Johnston, age 90, passed away April 17, 2011, at her residence in Summerville, GA. Mrs. Johnston was born October 8, 1920, in the Gore Community, Chattooga Coounty, GA.  Her parents were the late Carl Mason McCollum and Mrs. Maude Menta McClain McCollum.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Judson Glenn Johnston, January 10, 2004, to whom she was married 64 years, a twin sister Mrs. Thelma Janette McCollum Brooks, passed away April 1, 2009 her brother-in-law Lt. Col. Rayford L. Brooks, passed away February 3, 2000 and a niece Marilyn Lee Brooks Marks, passed away August 31, 1981. Mrs. Johnston is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sue Ellen Johnston Houston and her husband David Osman Houston, Summerville, GA; three grandchildren, Mrs. Jennifer Houston Mangan and her husband, Scott Mangan, Summerville, GA, Carlton David Houston and his wife Ellyn Houston, Summerville, GA, Susan Houston Geurin and her husband, Jeffery Geurin, Grovetown, GA.  She also had six great-grandsons in whom she delighted, Amrin Zachery Houston, Samuel Andrew Mangan, Elijah John Mangan, David Michael Mangan, Matthew Conner Geurin, and Harrison Jacob Geurin.  She is also survived by a sister, Louise McCollum, Summerville, GA, a niece, Mrs. Dianne Brooks Hanchey and her husband Dr. James Murrell Hanchey, Frieswood, TX and Stephen Kyle Brooks and wife, Dianne Padilly Brooks, Cypress, TX; six great nieces and nephews. In her employment days, she served as an instructor at the Georgia Glove company and recently she commented on how she loved the ladies with whom she worked. Graveside services will be conducted on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 3:30 pm at Greenhills Memory Gardens with Dr. Jerry Mahan officiating. Mrs. Johnston will lie-in-state  on Tuesday, April 2011 where the family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. Pallbearers are Carlton Houston, Jeffrey Geurin, Scott Mangan, Gordon McCollum, Robert Floyd, Wes Love, and Fred Johnston. Her family will remember her for her unselfish love of her family and friends.  She wanted her family around her, and delighted in seeing them gathered around her table, as they did almost every Sunday, for a meal she had prepared as long as she was physically able to do so.  She will indeed be missed sorely.