Mary Johnson

Benson:    Mrs. Mary Ann Pope Johnson,  age 76, died on Thursday at  Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Benson.   Graveside Funeral  Services  will  be 3:00PM-Monday at Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens, Smithfield, NC.  Officiating will be Mrs. Dianne McLamb.               Mrs. Johnson was born on  September 18, 1939  in  Rockingham  County to  the late  Ransom  and Maggie Sue Pope.  She was preceded in death by husband, Harvey Lee Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker.                  Surviving are children, Ruby Allen, Eddie Johnson, Rena Mae Pittman, Jeanette Mauney, Darlene Johnson, Beverly Johnson and Brenda Johnson; seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren; sister, Patsy Pope.             Family will receive friends 1:30PM-2:30PM Monday prior to the graveside service at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks, NC.             Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be sent to the family care of, Ruby Allen, PO Box 300, Wilson Mills, NC 27593.             Arrangements by Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks.