Ms. Nora Louise Sanders Johnson

December 29, 1933 - February 24, 2019

For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept my faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing. II Timothy 4:6-8 Mother Nora Louise Sanders Johnson entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at her home in Terra Ceia, NC surrounded by family and loved one. Nora Louise was born on December 29, 1933 to the late Deacon Daisy and Emily O'Neal Sanders in Hyde County, NC. Mother Nora Johnson attended the former Beaufort County High School in Pantego, NC and graduated class of 1953. Mother Nora grew up with God fearing parents and she joined First Baptist Church in Terra Ceia, NC. She has held many positions in the church, choir member, kitchen committee (which everyone knows she loved to feed others), pastor aide committee (where she served her pastor well), usher (where she greeted others with a huge smile in the house of God), and a mother of the church. Mother Nora loved her church family and did all she could as long as health permitted. She loved people and never met a stranger; she always welcomed people in her home and was truly loved by many. She loved the Lord and kept the faith in any situation that came her way. She was a lady that you could talk to about anything and you would never hear it again. On December 19, 1953 Mother Nora Sanders Johnson married the love of her life, William Thomas Johnson, Sr. They were together for 57 years. From this union they were blessed with seven children. Mother Nora Johnson was preceded in death by her husband, William Thomas, Johnson, Sr.;sons, Williams T. Johnson, Jr., Earvin LaTroy Johnson and Ronald "JoJo" Swindell. Mother Nora Johnson leaves to cherish her memories, Annie J. Williams, Cora J. Palmer (Glenn), Eunice F. Barrow, Fletcher Johnson, Rodney Johnson (Lori), Wayne Johnson and a niece, Marion Russell whom she raised; three daughters-in-kind, Betty McCloud, Myrtle Linton and Tracy Whitney; two sons-in-kind, Earl Windley and Harvey Parker; fifteen grandchildren, Kenyatta, Derrick, Henry, Jerontae, Yolawnda, Phatema, Rodriquez, Vantashia, Quincy, Wayne, Thomas Sr, Tyesha, Johnathan, Kiana and Jimeka; twenty great grandchildren; two faithful sisters, Mother Juanita S. Russell, Lucille S. Corprew; one sister-in-law, Sylvia Sanders;three special friends, Bessie Peartree, Thelma Booth and Blanche Reddick; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.