Lothel Peters

LOTHEL JOHNSON WAS BORN IN BRUNSWISK, GEORGIA NOVEMBER 1ST 1949 TO HER FATHER JOHN HENRY JOHNSON AND MOTHER MOUDIE MCKENNIS.

AT JUST SEVENTEEN, LOTHEL SET OUT TO PURSUE HER DREAM OF BECOMING A NURSE, LEAVING HER HOMETOWN OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FOR NEW YORK. WITH DETERMINATION AND GRACE, SHE ATTENDED ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE IN BROOKLYN, WHERE SHE EARNED HER NURSING DEGREE. AS A REGISTERED NURSE, SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO CARING FOR OTHERS, OFFERING COMFORT AND HEALING WITH HER GENTLE TOUCH, KIND HEART, AND TIRELESS DEVOTION.

HER PATIENTS WERE NOT JUST PEOPLE IN NEED—THEY WERE INDIVIDUALS SHE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, COMPASSION, AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

LOTHEL SHARED MANY YEARS WITH HER FORMER HUSBAND, WESLEY PETERS, AND TOGETHER THEY RAISED THEIR DAUGHTER, CHANTEL, ENSURING SHE WAS ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY LOVE AND SUPPORT.

LATER, HER FAMILY GREW WITH THE BIRTH OF HER SECOND DAUGHTER, RAQUEL, AND NOTHING BROUGHT HER MORE JOY THAN BEING THEIR MOTHER. SHE INSTILLED IN THEM THE VALUES OF RESPECT, RESILIENCE, AND LOVE—QUALITIES SHE CARRIED WITHIN HER EVERY DAY.

HER GENEROSITY KNEW NO BOUNDS. WHETHER THROUGH HER WORK, HER DEEP COMMITMENT TO HER CHURCH AND CHOIR, OR THE COUNTLESS SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS SHE OFFERED TO FRIENDS AND STRANGERS ALIKE, LOTHEL HAD A WAY OF MAKING EVERYONE FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND DEEPLY LOVED. HER PRESENCE COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM, AND HER WARMTH MADE EVEN THE HARDEST DAYS A LITTLE EASIER FOR THOSE AROUND HER.

PRECEDED IN DEATH, LOTHEL HAD TWO BELOVED SISTERS, MS. SARAH LEEN JOHNSON AND MRS. VALINCE THOMAS AS WELL AS ONE BROTHER, MR. THEODORE ROOSEVELT JOHNSON.

LOTHEL'S GREATEST JOY WAS HER FAMILY. SHE CHERISHED HER DAUGHTERS, GRANDDAUGHTER HARPER MONROE GRANT, AND SON-IN-LAW REYNALDO GRANT. SHE LEAVES BEHIND THREE NIECES: THWONNA JOHNSON, NIKITA JOHNSON, AND THEODORSHA, AS WELL AS FOUR NEPHEWS: CLARENCE JR. THOMAS, ANTHONY THOMAS, GREGORY THOMAS, AND EUGENE BROWN, ALONG WITH DEAR FRIENDS WHO WILL FOREVER HOLD HER MEMORY IN THEIR HEARTS.

LOTHEL’S LEGACY IS ONE OF LOVE, STRENGTH, AND SERVICE. SHE LIVED A LIFE THAT MATTERED, TOUCHING COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGH HER WORK, FAITH, AND THE KINDNESS SHE SHARED SO FREELY. THOUGH SHE IS NO LONGER WITH US, HER SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HER.