Johnnie Mae Turner Tony was born in Jonesville, Texas on April 27, 1943, the second of eight daughters to Embridge Turner and Thelma Dunn Turner.

She was educated at Longridge Schools and was a graduate of H.B. Pemberton High School. She worked for several years in the Marshall Independent School District and retired from Marshall Regional Medical Center.

She was baptized as a witness of Jehovah in 1974 and was a faithful member until her health declined. She was an excellent cook and baker and loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She married Reuben King in August 1961 and to this union a daughter was born. She later married Fred Tony in February 1965 and to this union four sons and a daughter were born.

She departed this life on April 25, 2024, in Marshall, Texas, two days short of her 81st birthday.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fred Tony, Sr.; her son, Hubert Tony and sisters, Velma Turner, Mary Lee Brown and Maple Williams.

Those left to cherish her memory are daughters, Roschell Webb of Allen, Texas and Aundra Burns of Marshall, Texas; sons, Fred Tony, Jr. and Kenneth Tony of Marshall, Texas and Michael Tony of Lancaster, Texas; step-daughter, Carolyn Bell (James) of Marshall, Texas; grandsons, Steffon Webb, J'Marcus Webb, Nicholas Burns, Christopher Bell and Bradley Bell; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Frierson of Paris, Texas, Irene Price of Hitchcock, Texas, Annie Jones and Susie Brotherton of Marshall, Texas along with several nieces, nephews and a host of other family and friends.

Services for Johnnie Mae will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 4, 2024, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Gardens Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 3, 2024, at the funeral home.