MARION - Melissa Lucille Johnson, 88, died at 7:05 a.m. Sunday, May 22, 2011, in Shawnee Christian Nursing Center in Herrin. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Blue Funeral Home in Marion, with the Rev. Danny Cash officiating. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery in Belle Rive. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to diabetes research. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on May 23, 2011