Marie Johnson Thrower, 82, went home to be with her LORD on Monday, September 25, 2017, at Hospice of the Golden Isles. She was born Luna Marie Johnson on November 2, 1934, in Glynn County, GA, to the late Emmett Arthur Johnson and the late Luna Josephine Sharpe Johnson. She was a lifelong resident of Glynn County. She graduated in 1952 from Glynn Academy. She was a charter member of Sterling Baptist Church, Brunswick, GA, where she had faithfully attended and served since 1945. In her years there, she served as a Sunday School teacher for 58 years, sang special music and in the choir for 61 years, and served in the Nursing Home Ministry at times. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett Arthur Johnson and Luna Josephine Sharpe Johnson; her husband David Lamar Thrower; two brothers, James Everett Johnson and Raymond Emmett Johnson; and a sister, Ella Ree Creech. She is survived by three sons, all of whom are preachers, Ronnie Eugene Thrower (Darlin) of Brunswick, GA; Jerry Nelson Thrower (Susan) of Orange Park, FL; and Randy Lamar Thrower (Kelly) of Springfield, MO; five grandchildren, Christopher Thrower (Diane) of St. Augustine, FL; Travis Thrower (Karen) of Brunswick, GA; Charity Carpenter (Logan) of Monroe, TN; Dustin Thrower (Denise) of Springfield, MO; and Philip Thrower (Laura) of Oklahoma City, OK; eleven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Cora Lee Hannah of Brunswick, GA, and Marjorie Flowers of St. Simons Island, GA; one brother, Raleigh Johnson of Brunswick, GA; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, September 29, 2017, at the Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, September 30, 2017, at the Sterling Baptist Church, 7071 New Jesup Hwy, Brunswick, GA. Pall bearers will be the men of Sterling Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, Marie asked that donations may be made in her memory to Sterling Baptist Church.