Meridian Star

April 30, 2009

(10:30 a.m.) Kemper murder


Wife arrested for murder of husband

By Brian Livingston

blivingston@themeridianstar.com

A Kemper County woman was charged Wednesday in the Tuesday shooting death of her husband.

Kemper County Sheriff's Department Chief Investigator Robert Joyner said Wednesday afternoon Minnie Johnson, 44, has been charged with murder after her husband, Ernest Johnson, 52, died Tuesday evening of gunshot wounds.