The funeral services for the late Mrs. Rosa Lee Johnson of 923 Pineknot Road, Ashburn, Georgia, who departed this life on Saturday, October 9, 2021, will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 12:00 Noon, from the Turner County Civic Center, Ashburn, Georgia, with Elder Dr. Larry Coffee, Presiding, and Bishop Arthur West, delivering the Eulogy. Burial will follow in the Westview Memorial Cemetery in Ashburn, Georgia. Services may be viewed Facebook Live from the "Shipp's Funeral Home" Facebook page.

Mrs. Rose Lee Johnson was born on June 21, 1938 in Ashburn, Georgia to the late Mr. and Mrs. Willie Andrew and Willie Francis Poke.

She was educated in the Turner County Public School System. She was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Mr. Bobie Lee Johnson.

Rose worked for over twenty years for the Turner County Board of Education. She joined the Mt. Zion Church of God Apostolic in the early 1970’s. After the passing of her mother, Rose became the Assistant Pastor of the church. Through her faithfulness and love for the church and after the passing of the church Pastor, Bishop E. L. West, Rose was appointed as Pastor of the Mt. Zion Church of God Apostolic, where she served until her passing.

This Solder in the Army of the Lord was called from Labor to Reward on Saturday, October 9, 2021. Her parents, her husband, one child, Bobbie Lee Johnson and Marie Johnson Brown, have all preceded her in death.

Rose’s memories will be cherished by her loving, caring, and devoted children, Betty (Willie Frank, Sr.) Prather, Leon (Cynthia) Johnson, Margrett Teague, Willie Teague, Evelyn Faye (Willie) Stafford, Lena (Anthony) Stafford, Felicia (Richard) Hayes, Peggy (Michael) Hill, Bobbie Jean (Darrell) Bryant, Jill (Edward) Robinson, Willie C. (Barbara) Holton, Barbara (John) Houser, Alton Johnson, Delois Gray, Sarita Everett, Patricia Jones, Cleveland Johnson, Mary (Tommie) Parker; a host of grandchildren, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren; a sister, Ever Lou McCoy; a brother, James Moore; her in-laws, James Johnson, Jennie Merriweather; her god-daughter, Vickie Farrie; and two special friends, Curtis Vail and Andre Brown, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and sorrowing friends.