Obituaries

Willie Mae Johnson, 77, of Quincy, died April 24, 2009 in Tallahassee.

Services were held May 2 at St. James AME Church, with burial at Sunnyvale Cemetery.

Survivors include her sons, Jimmy Thomas (Gwendolyn) of Tallahassee and Irvin Fields of Quincy; daughters, Dorothy West, Daryl Johnson and Arlington R. Riles, all of Quincy, and Gayla Bryant (Terry) of Pensacola; daughter-in-law, Eartha Johnson of Quincy; 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Nellie Stewart, 92, of Hollywood, died April 27, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale.

Services were held May 4 at Bear Creek Bethel Church, with interment in Sunnyvale Cemetery.

Survivors include her son, Johnny Stewart; sisters, Ida Bell-Hill Williams (Hezekiak) and Eliza Jane Smith of Quincy; six grandsons and eight great-grandchildren.

James T. Mitchell of Quincy died April 29, 2009 in Tallahassee.

Funeral services were held May 6 at St. Hebron AME Church, with burial in St. Hebron Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Vivian J. Mitchell of Quincy; son, Virgil Mitchell of Midway; daughter, Alonzetta Simpkins (Steve) of Quincy; brothers, Clifford Jackson of San Jose, Calif. and Willie Mitchell (Carolyn) of Quincy; sisters, Lillie Houston of Syracuse, N.Y., Annie Lee Jones of Edison, Ga., and Ira Dean Cole (Isaiah) and Annette Youman (Henry), both of Quincy; and five grandchildren.

H.C. Lawson Sr., 89, died April 19 2009 at his home in Tallahassee.

Services were held at Fellowship Baptist Church in Tallahassee, with burial in Oakland Cemetery.

Lawson was a native of Seminole County, Ga., and moved to Tallahassee in 1938. He retired as service manager for Tallahassee Bottling Company and spent more than 40 years with the Coca-cola Company. He and his family were charter members of the Fellowship church.