Velma Dee Johnson, age 99, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Autumn Hills in Bemidji with family by her side. Velma was born in Linwood, Neshoba County, Mississippi on February 6, 1923, to Theophlus Jay and Edith Jemima Bethany. She was the 7th of 9 children. At just a few weeks old, she contracted Whooping Cough and almost died. She survived to lead a long, well-lived life.