In Memory

Ina Carole Johnson (Sowards) - Class Of 1970

Funeral services for Ina Carole Johnson Sowards, 69, of McRoberts, were held April 22 at Letcher Funeral Home in Whitesburg. Burial was in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine.

Born in Fleming to the late Willard Johnson Jr. and Margaret Rucker Johnson, she died April 19 surrounded by her family.

Ms. Sowards was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Wayne Johnson.

A lifelong member of the McRoberts Missionary Church, she was graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in childhood education and a master’s degree in counseling with a Rank I in IQ testing.

She loved reading, quilting, playing Bingo and visiting with her family and friends.

Surviving are her daughter, Jennifer Sowards and Nicole; her son, Christopher Sowards and wife Layla; two grandchildren, Emmeline and Ellis; three sisters, Sharon Powell and husband Jerry, Lynne Polly and husband Bruce, and Lisa Johnson Moore; and her best friend, Darlene Collins, her roommate at Letcher Manor Nursing Home.







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