FAYETTEVILLE - Louise "Lou" Runnion Johnson Smith, 96, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001, at Hidden Valley Health Care Center, Oak Hill, following a brief illness. Mrs. Smith was born July 22, 1904, in Tyler City, Tyler County. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Lillian Ankrom Runnion. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church, the Vandalia Garden Club, the Fayetteville Woman's Club, the Arrowhead WVU Extension Club, the Fayette County Retired Teachers' Association, the Southern Cross Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Borderland Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Smith was a retired teacher, having begun her career at Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley. For several years she taught English and French at Fayetteville High School. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from West Virginia University, and did graduate work at the University of Cincinnati, and at L'Universite de Montreal in Canada. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roy H. "Jack" Johnson, with whom she was associated in publishing The Fayette Tribune for many years; she was the widow of Gilbert Smith of Fayetteville; and her sister, Mrs. Lenore Bussey Bookman of Clarksburg, also preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Roy Hamlin Johnson Jr. of College Park, Md.; two grandsons, Roy H. Johnson III of Laurel, Md., and Nathan Johnson of Bowie, Md.; two great-grandchildren; and a niece, Mrs. Martha Lou Bussey Martin of Clarksburg. A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Huse Memorial Park, Fayetteville, with the Rev. Adrian Pratt officiating. Burial will follow. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate contributions made to the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church, 401 W. Maple Ave., Fayetteville. Arrangements by Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Home, Fayetteville.