Mother Jewel Bell Johnson, 70, of Albany, Georgia departed this life on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, Georgia.

Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 1:00 P.M. in the 2nd Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1010 Old Pretoria Road, Albany, Georgia 31721.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Jewel Bell Thomas Johnson was born on December 12, 1953 to Ernest and Rosie Thomas in Albany, Ga.

Jewel was educated in the Dougherty County School System. Jewel attended Monroe Comprehensive High School. After high school, she worked Flint River Textiles for 22 years, then after became a homemaker.

Jewel was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Sarah Jenkins and two brothers, Willis Thomas and William Thomas.

Jewel leaves to mourn life partner Robert Martin, one daughter Darilyn Michelle Hall, and two sons Michael Thomas and Nathaniel Johnson. Jewel is survived by five sisters, Earnestine McNeil, Brenda Reynolds, Diane Wright, out of Albany, Dorothy Thomas of Jonesboro, Ga and Alice (Zack) Times of Union City, Ga, two brothers, Ernest Thomas Jr., and Willson Thomas, out of Albany, GA, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, brothers in law, sisters in law, and other family and friends.

Meadows Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.