Gaynell Cochran Johnson
July 16, 1943 ~ December 1, 1999
Asheville Butterfly TrailAsheville hospital.
Mrs. Johnson was born in
Jackson County and was a daughter of the late Lewis Daniel and Ruth Virginia Patterson Cochran. She was retired from American Enka and was a member of Laurel Branch Baptist Church in Sylva.
She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Benjamin Alexander Johnson; a daughter,
Tammy Nell Johnson of Charleston, SC; a son, Michael Keith Johnson of Asheville; a sister, Nancy Gunter of Sylva; a brother, Danny Cochran of Jacksonville; and two grandchildren, Austin and Sarah Johnson.
Funeral services will be at
2:00 pm Sunday in the chapel of Moody Funeral Home, Sylva, with the Rev. Hardin Nicholson officiating. Burial will be in Parris Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Friday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton
Avenue, Asheville, and again from 7 - 8:30 Saturday at Moody Funeral Home in Sylva.
The family would like to thank Dr. John McGuire, Dr. Artus Moser, Dr. Miles Elmore, Dr. Dennison
Crews, the nursing staff of 3-West, Renal Floor at Memorial Mission Hospital, and all friends and family who have supported her for the past
22 years.
I miss Gaynell very much . She was a great person . She was a great friend also . May God Bless you all . Love Stacy and Wanda Gassaway
Mom,
I have so much to say to you. I call upon you often and cry silently for your help. You have always been and will always be my rock. I have many times wanted to come be with you, I think thats only natural. I love you so much and there isn’t a day that goes by that you are not in my everyday thoughts. I loved you more than life itself because you made life worth living. Your smile, fortitude for living and your strength for not showing when everything hurt, was amazing to me. I can only hope I have that strength in me. You are truly an angel and I hope you have a place for me. I am waiting patiently to see you, and all the people I love that has left this time in life. I never got to say goodbye to you, I hope to be able to say hello to you again. I love you Mom, you are always with me in my heart and soul. Pray for me.