Charles J. Johnson Jr.

Charles J. Johnson, Jr. - SAVANNAH - Charles J. Johnson, Jr., 80, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2012 at his home in Savannah, GA. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he was a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School. He was a securities lawyer at the firm Brown & Wood in New York City for 33 years and the author of Corporate Finance and the Securities Laws. Charlie retired to The Landings in 1989 and was active at the Telfair Museum and in the founding of the Savannah Book Festival. In 2003, he published a biography of Mary Telfair that became a local best seller. He has also been an ongoing contributor to The Georgia Historical Quarterly. Charlie is survived by his wife of 58 years, Chris, as well as two sons, Charles, of Scituate, MA, and Mark, of Burlington, VT, and four grandchildren. A funeral mass will be held at 11:30 am on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at St. James Church in Savannah. Remembrances may be made to the Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation, 2002 Bull Street, Savannah, GA 31401 or to the Telfair Museum of Art, P.O. Box 10081, Savannah, GA 31412. Please sign our on-line guest book at www.foxandweeks.com Savannah Morning News February 4, 2012 Please sign our Obituary GuestBook at savannahnow.com/obituaries.