Willa Dean Johnson

     Mrs. Willa “Bae Boo” Dean Johnson was born on
September 7, 1970, to Mr. Charles W. Faulkner and the late
Mrs. Willie Mae Faulkner.
     She accepted Christ at an early age and joined Bryant Fountain
of Love Baptist Church. She was educated in the Birmingham
City school system.
     Willa Dean passed on July 16, 2025. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Ronald Johnson; Alvin Haynes; her
daughters, Jeanette Johnson and Nakita Davidson; brother/
nephew, Patrick Faulkner; favorite cousin, Archie Cox, Alice
Pearce; and grandchild, Demetrian Powe.
     She leaves to cherish her memory: her son, Tony Johnson;
daughters, Pooh Bear Johnson, Rhonda (Swain) Johnson,
Rashanda (Landon) Johnson; goddaughters, Marguerite and
Jacara; twenty grandkids; two great-grands; seven dogs; three
sisters, Annette (Jeffery) Watkins, Diana (Joshua) Person, and
Diana Oden; seven brothers, Charles (Jill) Johnson, Lamar
(Keyna) Johnson, Eddie (Mary) Oden, Leonard Oden, Jerry
Oden, Clinton (Harriet) Crum, and Quandarian Faulkner;
godparents, Momma Kemp and Momma Pat; boyfriend,
Rodney Jeffers; special nephews, Chris, Crum; special cousins,
Vickie and Sharon; special friend, Ms. Rose; and a host of
nieces, nephews, other loving relatives, and friends.
     Willa was a big impact in our lives. She was the mother of five,
but she was also the momma in the neighborhood. She was
everybody’s favorite and talked the most trash, but she didn’t
mean no harm. She kept all the old school recipes going.
She was full of laughter; one of the jokers in the family. 

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