HARRISBURG- Johnnie Ruth Hartsell Cress, 71 passed away at Pruitt Health Care on April 25, 2016.
A graveside service will be 2pm Friday at The VA National Cemetery in Salisbury. The family will greet friends at the cemetery following the committal.
Johnnie was born on December 21, 1944 in Cabarrus County. She was the daughter on the late Grover James Hartsell and Bertie Loraine Yow Hartsell. She was a retired accountant. She was a US Army veteran where she served in the Women’s Air Corp. Above all else she loved her family and being Nana to her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, E. Gary Cress.
Mrs. Cress is survived by her son, Harold “Buster” Waters and wife Holly; brother, Rick Hartsell; and grandchildren, Connor, Jordon, and Megan Waters.