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Johnnie Mae
Taylor
Sep 3, 1949 — Feb 1, 2024
Forsyth
Celebration of Life for Mrs. Johnnie Mae Weeks- Taylor will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at Mount Olive Baptist Church, 469 Mt Olive Road, Stockbridge, Georgia 30281.Services will commence at 12:00 noon. Remains will lie in state at the church from 11:00 am until the service hour. Pastor Terrance Gattis will officiate and Pastor/Prophetess Gwen Leach, Eulogist. The interment will follow at Eastlawn Memorial Park.
On February 1, 2024, Johnnie went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, being reunited with her mother, father and brother. During her transition, she was lovingly surrounded by her husband, children and close family friends.
She developed a passion and heart to care for the elderly while caring for her own mother, the late Victoria Weeks in her early stages of Alzheimer's. It was then that she answered the calling that God placed in her spirit and in 1988 G.O.A.L. (Giving Older Adults Love) Adult Day Care was birthed into the community to serve caregivers and their loved ones.
Johnnie relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, where she met John R. Taylor. Their love for one another was undeniable. They were married August 29, 1997. From this union she gained three bonus daughters, Heather, Bridgette and Shalana. In 2007 they opened Peoples Funeral Home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Johnnie and John enjoyed a full and happy life that included traveling, camping and spending time with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Johnnie was also talented with arts and crafts. She created beautiful custom wreaths and collected African American figurines as a hobby.
She leaves to celebrate her life, cherish the memories and continue her legacy, husband, John; children; Jacqueline Taylor(Arnold),Curtis Claxton "Duce" and Joy Turner(CJ), Bridgette Biagas (Keith), Heather Taylor, and Shalana Pierre (Quinton), Grandchildren, Colin, Deja, Kirsten, Chad, Caleb, Tre', Joseph, Kamryn, Pierce, Allen, Elizabeth, Hannah, Haleigh, Emerald, Alayna, Cam'Ron and Brianna, great grandchildren, Sirie, Ky and Kalani and a loving host of nieces, nephews, cousins, close friends and many she often referred to as her " adopted son and daughters"
Visitation will be held on Friday, February 9, 2024 from 9 am to 6:00 pm at Legacy Funeral Home, 8968 Fayetteville Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30238. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6:00 pm.
Share words of comfort, your thoughts, and prayers to the Taylor family @ www.peoplesfuneralhomemilledgeville.com
Peoples Funeral Home entrusted with final arrangements.
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