The Bogalusa Blues and Heritage Festival has announced two new additions to its Heritage Trail, which honors people who have earned widespread acclaim in any branch of the creative arts.

This year brings the first two women inductees, Ann Warner and Enotris O. Johnson.

Warner is an active visual artist known for her vibrant still-lifes, portraits, and landscapes rendered in oil. Her work has been displayed in regional as well as national shows.

An advocate of the plein air movement, Warner most enjoys painting in the natural light of outdoor settings. Although she’s painted the world over, her favorite landscapes to paint are those of her home state of Louisiana.

The Franklinton native was mentored by  acclaimed oil colorist Carl Thorp and is also a teacher.

The second honoree is Enotris O. Johnson, who co-wrote the Little Richard hits “Long Tall Sally” and “Jenny Jenny,” and more than a dozen other songs. Her work was totally unknown until her death on August 2nd of this year, when her family stunned the community with her well-kept secret.

Johnson was born in Hammond on October 3, 1935. In 1956 her lyrics for “Long Tall Sally” became one of her two BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) award winning songs.

That same year, she married Rev. Willie J. Johnson and put her music career on hold for married life. The loving couple lived in Bogalusa.

Johnson supported her husband’s ministry, and never claimed her fame publicly. She affectionately referred to her musical accomplishments as an “undercover operation,” but near the end of her life began to speak of her song writing openly and with a great sense of humor.