Bumpy Johnson Wife Mayme Hatcher Johnson Godfather of Harlem

Publish date: 2024-05-03

Bumpy Johnson wife Mayme Hatcher Johnson is best known as an author. Hatcher wrote the biography of her late husband titled Harlem Godfather.

Johnson married Hatcher in October 1948. The couple met each other six months before their marriage.

Hatcher, who was born in 1914, hails from North Carolina. The author moved to New York City in 1938 after she secured a job as a waitress in a club in New York. 

Hatcher met Bumpy Johnson for the first time in 1948 in a Harlem restaurant. Only six months after the meeting, she married the gangster of Harlem. 

Hatcher wrote that she was very proud of her husband in her book. The writer loved when she was called Bump's Girl. Wherever she went, people treated her with the utmost respect.

Mrs. Johnson was married to Bumpy until his demise in 1968 caused by a heart attack. However, for ten years, the gangster was imprisoned at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary when they were married.

In 2004, Hatcher moved to Philadelphia. After spending three years in the city, she finally decided to write a biography of her late husband. The author wanted the world to know the truth about her husband rather than the myths that surrounded him for so long.

Hatcher published "Harlem Godfather" in February 2008. The author chose Harlem, her late husband's hometown, to organize the book launch. More than two hundred people attended the book launch event.

When Harlem Godfather was published, it proved to be an incredible achievement for Bumpy's Girl. She became an author at the age of 93. It was one of the proudest accomplishments of the woman from Carolina. Sadly, she passed away a year after the event at 94.

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