Mildred “Millie” Thornton Johnson, of Mount Desert, Maine died at 87, Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC.
Millie was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on November 5, 1934, to the late Burwell Thornton and Mildred Fentress Felton.
After graduating High School, Millie went on to nursing school at Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing, MGH NAA graduating as a registered nurse in 1956
Millie worked many years in nursing at the Mass General Hospital E.R room and as a E.M.T for the town of Highlands.
Mildred was an avid tennis player on the USTA circuit winning the West Palm Beach Open 1955 and was runner-up 1955 U.S. Women’s Indoor Championship in Brookline, MA.
She is survived by her children Maynard Johnson and his wife, Susan of San Diego, CA, Lewis B. Johnson and his wife, Cindi of Long Island, New York, and Shannon E. Johnson of Philadelphia, Pa.; three grandchildren, Elise L. Johnson, Derek R. Johnson and his wife, Debra, and Chelsea V. Johnson.
In addition to her parents, Mildred was preceded in death by her sister, Marion Blackman.
Online condolences can be left at www.bryantgrantfuneralhome.com
The family suggests planting a tree in Millie’s memory.