Margaret Rachael Davis Johnson

Mrs. Margaret Rachael Davis Johnson, 89, long-time resident of the Hampshire Community and clerk at Whiteside's Self-Service for 34 years, died Friday, March 9, 2007 at Hidden Acres Healthcare in Mt. Pleasant. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 12:00 Noon at Oakes & Nichols with Hueston Marshall and David Davidson officiating. Burial will be in Worley Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hampshire Unit School, 4235 Old State Road, Hampshire 38461 or Hampshire Museum, c/o Bettye Patton, 2389 Highway 166, North, Hampshire 38461. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Joe Davis and Zianna Whiteside Davis and a 1937 graduate of Hampshire High School. Mrs. Johnson was a long-time member of Cathey's Creek Church of Christ. She was married March 15, 1940 to Leanoard "Doc" Johnson, who died April 9, 1983. Survivors include a daughter, Linda (Jimmy) Akin of Hampshire; a son, David "Doc" Johnson of Hampshire; 3 grandchildren, Melissa Anne (Todd) Baxter of Santa Fe, Brandon Johnson of Leighton, Alabama, and Megan Johnson of Hampshire; 2 great-grandchildren, Tanner Baxter and Rachael Baxter. She was preceded in death by a son, Joe Johnson; a granddaughter, Carole Akin; a great-grandson, Cody Baxter; 2 sisters, Hazel Thomas and Velma Moore; and a brother, Sam Davis. Active pallbearers are Sam Davis, J. T. Duncan, Terry Whiteside, Paul Whiteside, Timmy Flowers, Jimbo Patton, Dustin Carroll, and Mike Patton. Honorary pallbearers include Jimmy Patton, John Tye, Thomas Whiteside, Sam Whiteside, Bobby Love, Everette Grimmitt, Phillip Griffith, Clifton Himes, Ed Himes, Mike Gillstrap, Don Farmer, Bobby Lee Runions, Billy Carroll, Jr., W. M. Jaggers, Danny Walters, Snowball Mayberry, Mark Crockett, Nicky Westmoreland, Bradley Runions, Linda Whiteside, Frances Smith, Johnny Jaggers, Doug Embler, Employees of Hidden Acres, Elders and Deacons of Cathey's Creek Church of Christ, Bobby Grimmitt, and Dennis Steele.