Ms. Johnnie Louise Langford age 86 of Gainesville passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in the Chatuge Nursing Home following an extended illness.
Ms. Langford was born on August 16, 1935, in Gainesville, GA., the daughter of the late Royce H. Langford and Gertrude Louise Fleming Langford. Johnnie was an avid bowler. She graduated from Young Harris College in Finance through a basketball scholarship. She retired in 2002 from SunTrust Bank (Home Federal) after many years of service. She also worked at Lanier Raceway for many years. She was a loving and caring aunt and a friend to many. She was preceded in death by her parents and also a brother, Benjamin Bradley Langford in 2021. Ms. Langford was a member of Harmony Hall Baptist Church in Gainesville.
Surviving Ms. Langford are three nieces Leslie and Kendal Taylor of Cleveland, GA., LeeAnn and Jody Samples of Panama City Beach, FL., Lisa and David Faccio of Tempe, AZ., along with many great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 8, 2022, at 11:00 am at Harmony Hall Baptist Church in Gainesville with Rev. Robbie Coleman and Rev. John Kinsey officiating. Special music will be presented by Tommie Coleman. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Will Cornett, James Cornett, Howard L. Reed, Hunter Taylor, Larson Faulkner and Dale Gibson. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She will lie in state Friday morning at the church from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
The family will meet with friends at the Wards Funeral Home in Gainesville on Thursday evening from 6-8:00 pm. Flowers are accepted or if you wish, the family requests that donations may be made to the Harmony Hall Baptist Church in Ms. Langford’s memory.
Please share online condolences or sign the family guest book at www.wardsfh.com. Ward’s Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Ms. Johnnie Louise Langford.
