Martha “Red” Elizabeth Johnson Boone, 75, of Watering Pond Road, Pink Hill, NC, formerly of Roanoke Rapids passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro.
She was born in Southampton County, VA to the late James Pressley Johnson and Sallie Rebecca Goodman Johnson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James “Pete” Monroe Boone; her sisters, Nettie Mae Conner, Norene Harris, Ann Hargrave, Loretta Boyd and Sallie Ann Lewis.
“Red” loved to read, yard selling and hummingbirds.
She is survived by her sons, Joseph B. Wood, Jr. of Pink Hill and James M. Boone and fiancé Jenny Wooten of Smithfield; her sister, Louise McLaughlin of Goochland, VA; her grandchildren, Kristy Nicole Wood, Stacie Jo Wood, Holly Diane Wood, Olivia Monroe Boone and James Mason Boone; her great-grandchildren, Olivia Claire Eadus and Dexter Brian Bunch; a special niece and guardian, Tammy Felver and husband Chlp of Goldsboro and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 10, 2016 in the chapel of Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com.