A funeral service for Artelia Johnson, 89, of Karnack, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2022, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. Interment will follow at Motley Cemetery in Scottsville, Texas. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2022, at the funeral home.

Artelia Johnson was born in Karnack, Texas on January 27, 1933. She was born to the late John Marshall and Alice Rashaw Marshall. She was the fourth child of their union. She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Scottsville, Texas, where she remained a faithful member until her health failed her. She was a homemaker who served and took care of her husband and children. She was united in marriage to R.D. Johnson, Jr. on September 11, 1954. To this union 10 children were born, two preceded her in death.

Artelia Johnson departed this life on June 18, 2022. She was preceded in death by five siblings, Layotis Marshall, Katie Mae Marshall-Roland Choyce, Frank Marshall, Eunice Marshall-Fields and Arthur James Marshall. She leaves to cherish her memory, two siblings, Jessie D. Marshall and Willie D. Choyce; her children, who will miss her immensely, Rufus Johnson (Jan), Dennis Ray Johnson (Andreea), Eddie Charles Johnson (CaSandra), Cozy Etta Johnson-Nelson, Cordell Johnson (Vanessa), Calvin Johnson (Martha), Angela Mitchell (Ronnie), Andrea Johnson-York and Kirchanda Johnson (grandchild that she raised as her own). She is also survived by thirty-three grandchildren, fifty-seven great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.