Mr. Aaron James Johnson

July 22, 1939 - November 15, 2015

Portal, GA. Mr. Aaron J. Johnson of Portal, Georgia passed into rest, Sunday, November 15, 2015 at his residence. He was a Bulloch County native and a member of the Scarboro Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson was retired from Atkins Construction as a certified welder. He is preceded in death by his wife, Malinda F. Mincey Johnson, a grandson, Aaron Juwan Johnson, siblings, Herbert Johnson, Harold Johnson and Mildred Williams. He is survived by his children, Elder Denise Johnson (Elliott) Deigh, Hinesville, GA., Aaron Johnson, Statesboro, GA., Pecola (Dr. Shellie) Louis, Swainsboro, GA., Linda (Marty) Burns, Sylvania, GA., Daron Cleveland Johnson, Atlanta, GA., Felicia Johnson (Fredrick) Spells, Portal, GA. and Alvin (Jo) Johnson, Statesboro, GA., a sister, Ethel Lee McWhorter, Atlanta, GA., a brother, Floyd Johnson, Jr. Atlanta, GA., a cousin raised as a brother, Curtis Young, Statesboro, GA., a host of grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. in the chapel of Hill's Mortuary, Inc. The funeral service for Mr. Johnson will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Scarboro Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 660 CL Woods Rd. Portal, GA., the Rev. Grant M. Turner, pastor, Elder Denise Deigh, eulogist. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Final rites have been entrusted to Hill's Mortuary, Inc.