Opal Johnson Baird, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at Watauga Medical Center.

She was born November 11, 1942 in Watauga County, the daughter of the late Noah and Ola Miller Johnson. She was a retired Secretary and a member of Proffitt's Grove Baptist Church.

She is survived by one daughter, Becky Richardson of Vilas; two sons, Kevin Baird and Michael Baird, both of Vilas; three brothers, John Johnson of Meat Camp; Leroy Johnson and wife Bev of Meat Camp and Bernard Johnson and wife Cara of Meat Camp; fifteen grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her father and mother she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard H. Baird, three sons, Len Baird, Randy Baird and Eddie Baird, one sister, Virginia Ward, one brother, Ray Johnson and one son-in-law, Don Richardson.

Funeral services for Opal Johnson Baird will be conducted Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 2:00 o'clock at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Proffitt's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Pastor Eugene Braswell will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00, prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Proffitt's Grove Baptist Church, 3200 Meat Camp Road, Boone, North Carolina 28607 or to the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org

Online condolences may be sent to the Baird family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.