Winifred Mercer Walls Johnson
September 26, 1922 – February 11, 2012

Winifred Mercer Walls Johnson, 89, of Wilson died Saturday.  Graveside services will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Memorial Park.  The Rev. Dan Jones and the  Rev. Tom Watkins will officiate.

The family will receive friends 7 – 8:30 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.

Winifred was a graduate of Bailey High School and East Carolina Teachers College, class of 1943.  She taught school in Wilson for 21 years and 9 years in Nash County.  Her memberships included the Wilson Woman’s Club, a lifetime member of the North Carolina Educators Association and the local Wilson County Retired School Personnel, the American Contract Bridge League, and the Wilson Duplicate Bridge Club.  She was a member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught a kindergarten class in the Sunday School for 24 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Merrill Walls, Sr. in 1989.

Surviving are her husband, A. Dwight Johnson; daughters, Linda Walls Ward and husband, William H. Ward of Wilson, Cindy Walls Booth and husband, Richard K. Booth of Raleigh; son, Charles M. Walls, Jr. and wife, Linda of Wilson; six grandchildren, Edwin Ward of Wilmington, Angela Ward of Raleigh, Caley and Harrison Booth of Raleigh, and Matthew and Steven Walls of Wilson.

The family would like to give a special thanks to WilMed Hospice, her caregivers at home, Mary Simms, Grace Thomas and Marie Best, and her long time friend and caregiver, Maureen Felder.

Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1423, Wilson, NC 27894-1423.

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.