Lavonia Loren, 86, of Augusta, GA, passed away February 21, 2025.

Lavonia was born on April 21, 1938, in Augusta, Ga, to Mattie Mae Stevens and Max Green.

She married in 1953 to David Johnson and had 6 children. After 13 years of marriage, they divorced, then in the late 1960's she entered in the ladies win program to receive her GED and her nursing license to support her children. In 1970 she married Racy Loren and continued working tirelessly to provide money and raise her children until she retired as a LPN in pulmonology.

Lavonia was well known as a wonderful cook and crafty person, a lot of her time was taken up doing ceramics, gardening, and making something amazing in the kitchen. She also loved the holidays, since having everyone gather was truly her favorite thing. She was very driven by her love for family and her need to take care of anyone. Lavonia could be seen quite often giving someone what for, while handing them one of her love filled dishes. Nothing mattered to her more than family, and all her accomplishments in life are an attestment to that. Lavonia was and always will be an amazing woman who changed the life of anyone who had the pleasure of knowing her.

Preceding Lavonia in death are her husband Racy Loren, her son Kenneth Johnson, her grandmother Willie Ledbetter, her mother Mattie Stevens, her father Max Green, Her beloved step-father Alvin Ledbetter, and her brother Alvin Ledbetter Jr.

Remaining to cherish Lavonia's memory are her sisters, Mary Lee Taylor-Coursey, Louise Luckey, and Joanna Campbell. Also her children Patsy Smith, Bossy Johnson, Terry Johnson, Ricky Johnson, and Catherine Graddy, who gave her 21 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and 4 great great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM in the Thomas L. King Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Kevin Towns officiating. Pallbearers will be David Johnson, Terry Musselwhite, Dayton Sousa, Randell Johnson, Roger Johnson, and Nick Johnson. Interment will follow at Bellevue Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Monday from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Thomas L. King Funeral Home.