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Lottie Olliff Johnson remembered as Statesboro innovator, entrepreneur
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In this May file photo, Lottie Johnson, 89, chuckles as she reminisces about he life. Among her many accomplishments, Johnson brought the first 7-Eleven-style convenience store to Statesboro in 1961. The location of the Minit Mart, where Zaxby's is now located on Fair Road, was first occupied by the old Johnson Country Store, background, which now resides behind her most recent home on Grady Johnson Road. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file
In less than a month, Mrs. Lottie Olliff Johnson would have celebrated her 90th birthday. And what a party it most likely would have been. Short in stature, Mrs. Johnson loomed larger than life to her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, in-laws and a host of other family and friends.
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