Sylvia Craig Johnson

Converse, LA - Funeral services honoring the life of Sylvia Craig Johnson, 97, will be held Monday, May 18, 2015 at Midway Baptist Church in Converse. The services are being officiated by Reverend Jimmy Price and assisted by Reverend Clinton Alford. Burial will follow in the Noble Cemetery in Noble. The family will receive friends at Midway Baptist Church on Sunday, May 17, 2015 from 4:00 until 10:00 PM.

Sylvia was born March 29, 1918 in Converse to Otto and Willie Craig and passed away in Mansfield on May 14, 2015.

Preceding Sylvia in death were her husband Wiley Johnson; parents Otto and Willie Craig; son David Raleigh Leatherwood; sisters Gladys Hinkie, Elizabeth Young, Louise Moody, Grace Webster; brothers Leamon Craig and Luke Craig; granddaughter Carla Denise Leatherwood; and great granddaughter Alisha Ruiz.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are her son C.B. Leatherwood, Jr and wife Barbara; daughter Wyoma Hawthorne and husband Justin; sister Louvie Richardson; grandchildren Beverly Leatherwood Jones, Marc Leatherwood, Venita Leatherwood Williams and husband Mark, and Donald Leatherwood and wife Debbie; 10 great grandchildren; and 13 great-great grandchildren.

Honoring the life of Sylvia as pallbearers will be Marc Leatherwood, Donny Leatherwood, Joshua Leatherwood, Spencer Bullock, Brant Trahan, and Breech Leatherwood.

The family suggests that memorials be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home Mansfield Chapel (318) 872-4660