The funeral service will held at 1:00 P.M., Monday, December 23, 2019 at Church of God by Faith, 927 Pond Church Road, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Burial to follow in Rocky Hill Primitive Baptist Church cemetery in Ellaville, Georgia.
Eva Mae Battle Johnson was born on December 12, 1943 in Ellaville, Georgia to the late Major Battle, Sr. and the late Annie Bell Battle. She was preceded in death by five siblings, Willie Battle, Edith Bell Rogers, Mary Alice Range, Mary Lois Hamilton, and John Lee Battle. She was educated in the public school system in Schley County. She worked at Southern Frozen Food for many years. She attended and became a member of Church of God by Faith in Oglethorpe Georgia under the leadership of Elder Stacey Grady of Perry, Georgia.
She leaves to cherish her memory: four siblings, Junior Battle (Mary), Homer Lee Battle, all of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Harold Battle from Montezuma, Georgia, and Earnestine Frazier of Ellaville, Georgia. She had no children of her own but was a mother figure to her nieces and nephews and they were all of her children. Devoted friends include Betty Ann Wiggins, Ms. McDonald, Tiara Ogburn, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends also survived her.