Georgette "Pom" Johnson

Georgette (Pom) Hugonnot Johnson, age 79, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2025, at her son Keeva Kase's residence on St. Simons Island. Mrs. Johnson was born July 4, 1945, in La Roche-sur-Furon, France, to parents Marcel and Yvonne Louise Burnier Hugonnot. She attended Lycee Faure Technical College in Annecy, France, and was an au pair for a family in Stuttgart, Germany. After migrating to England, she met and married her first husband Keith Kase, then immigrated to the United States in 1966 and became a naturalized citizen in 1983. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the St. Simons United Methodist Church and a member of the church choir for decades. It was there that she met her husband, Ray Johnson. She was a former Brunswick Pulp and Paper employee, retiring after more than twenty-five years. Mrs. Johnson was the first female to work in the process production area and code industrial computers. She was a member of the St. Simons Yacht Club, an avid sailor, swimmer, beachgoer, and a devoted mother and grandmother. Survivors include a son, Keeva Kase (Lauren) of St. Simons Island, daughter, Colette Kase (Maya) of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, grandchildren, Ketch Simons Kase and Claire Hugonnot Kase of St. Simons Island, the Alex & Judy Johnson family of Baxley, the Jimmy & Miriam Johnson family of Baxley, the Marie-Claude “Puce” Grimal family of France, the Rev. Mark & Anne Kase family of St. Simons Island. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 10 A.M. at the St. Simons United Methodist Church (624 Ocean Boulevard, St. Simons Island, GA 31522) with Reverend Tom Jones officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 22, 2025, beginning at 9 A.M. until just before the funeral hour and immediately after at the St. Simons Island United Methodist Church. Interment will follow the service at 2:30 P.M. at the Long Pond Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, GA with reception to follow at the Long Pond House. Serving as Active Pallbearers are BJ Silva, Crawford Adam, Abel Smith, Charles Simmons, Jacques Claude Grimal, and Daren Pietsch. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation: The Pom Fund, at CoastalGeorgiaFoundation.org. Nobles Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Georgette (Pom) Hugonnot Johnson.

Georgette "Pom" Johnson

July 4, 1945 - February 16, 2025