Mary Johnson Obituary
We bid farewell to Mary Johnson (Kankakee, Illinois), born in Louise, Mississippi, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on July 13, 2025 at the age of 87. Mary touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Gwin Jackson and Annie Bell Jackson; her husband Doyle Johnson; her children, Rosemary Johnson, Gladys Johnson and Otha Wilkes; her siblings, Ruby Townsend, Maggie Trippet, Beulah Mae Coleman, Annie Jackson, Lee Aurby Jackson, Willie Jackson and Monroe Jackson; and her grandsons, De'Arrion Harris, Estrada Ousley and James Wesley Thomas III.
She is survived by: her children, Bobbie Ann Jackson of Yazoo City, MS, Margaret A. Dixon of Fayetteville, NC, Linda Gardner (Ross) of St. Louis, MO, Katherine Wilkes of Kankakee, IL, Mary B. Wilkes of Kankakee, IL, Josephine Wilkes of Kankakee, IL, Joe Jackson (Bobbie) of Yazoo City, MS and Henry Wilkes Jr. of Chicago, IL; her brother Gwin Jackson Jr. (Ethel) of Chicago, IL; and her grandchildren, Casey Burrell (CaTina) of Yazoo City, MS, Catrina Jackson of Kankakee, IL, Maggie Jackson of Yazoo City, MS, Daphene, Curtis Johnson of Yazoo City, MS, Lakeshia Wilkes of Houston, TX, LaTika S. Dixon of Alexandria, VA, LaNika D. Dixon, Sheronica S. R Grayer of Fayetteville, NC, Kenneth Johnson of Mesa, AZ, Kimberly Jackson (Elton) of Kankakee, IL, Henry Wilkes III (Deanna) of Louisville, KY, Irene Wilkes of Peoria, IL, Henry Wilkes of Zion, IL, Reico Ewing, Marco Ewing of Kankakee, IL, Clifton Johnson of Carbondale, IL, Clinisha Walker (Cortez) of Phoenix, AZ, Ivan Farrell of Kankakee, IL, Andrea Wilkes of Minneapolis, MN, Latorious Wilkes of Indianapolis, IN, Felicia Riley of Kankakee, IL, Danny Riley Jr. of Terre Haute, IN, Khariee Wilkes of Richton Park, IL, Tiffany Gray, Olivia Manau-Wilkes of Kankakee, IL and Kwamain Wilkes of Atlanta, GA. She is also survived by other relatives and friends.
