Royston, Georgia
Farris Thomas Johnson
1948 — 2021

Farris Thomas Johnson was born July 8, 1948 in Lavonia, GA (Franklin County) to the late Denver Johnson and the late Lizzie Knox-Johnson. He was called home to be with the Lord on February 2, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens GA. He was preceded in death by his sister, Edwina Scott Parks; four brothers, David Samuel, Rual, George Edwin, and Jeffery Donell Johnson; mother-in-?law, Lizzie M. White; sister-in-law, Edna Teasley; brothers-in-law, Buford Oglesby and Robert Smith. Farris was a 1966 graduate of Franklin High & Trade School in Carnesville, GA. After graduation, he moved to Jamaica, NY and joined the United States Marine Corps from 1966 - 1970. Farris...