Opal Johnson

age 89 of Corbin, Kentucky went to her heavenly

home on Sunday, May 13. She was a faithful member of Frankfurt Baptist Church and part owner of CORBEL, a Beltone Hearing Aid company.

She was born in Kyuka, AL to Benjamin Noojin and Flora Epps Noojin on June 12, 1922. She attended Kyuka Baptist Church as a child.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husbands, Arthur T. Nelson and Robert L. Johnson; her sons Jim R. Nelson and Roger T. Nelson.

She is survived by her daughters, Nola Nelson McKamey (Floyd) and Gail Nelson Brown (Raymond); her grandchildren, Cheryl Bellamy Hatmaker (David), Lane Bellamy (Janet), Todd Nelson, Jennifer Brown Whisenant (Dennis), Jeff Brown (Dana), Donna Bellamy Byrge (Johnny), Traci Nelson Campbell, and Tiffani Nelson Barnard, twenty one great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

While raising her children in Gadsden, AL, she delighted in cooking for the Emma Sansom High School band fundraisers in the late 50's and early 60's and chaperoning band trips.

In Corbin, she enjoyed traveling to many places around the US with the Passport Travel Club, also working on the new church sanctuary at Frankfurt Baptist and attending singings performed by The Believers quartet.

Funeral services will be held at Collier-Butler Funeral Home, Gadsden, AL on Friday, May 18 at 1:00 pm with Bro. James Hodge of Frankfurt Baptist Church officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday at Collier-Butler from 5:00-8:00 pm and one hour prior to the service Friday.