Mary Louise Johnson

Mary Louise Walker Johnson, 96, passed away in her Wesley Woods apartment in Athens, Georgia, on February 1, 2026. Born on October 22, 1929, in Birmingham, Alabama, she was a gifted pianist and enjoyed traveling. She was the daughter of Alexander Levette Walker Jr. and Mary Louise Hobbs Walker. She married Beverly Burroughs Johnson, a Cumberland Presbyterian pastor who served in churches across the South. Later she earned a B.A, and worked in a library in Maryville, Tennessee, before retiring to Athens. She is survived by her sister Eleanor Jeane Walker Barnes of Calera, Alabama; her son Edward Alexander Johnson and his wife Liz Minkert Johnson of Athens, Georgia; her daughter Beverly Anne Johnson Loomis and her husband Peter J. Loomis of Rancho Cucamonga, California; and her grandson Benjamin Alexander Johnson of San Jose, California.

Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes, East, Athens, GA is assisting the family with the arrangements. www.lordandstephens.com