Mary Sanders Johnson

JOHNSON, Mary Sanders, 80, of Midlothian, passed away July 7, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward C. Johnson; and daughter-in-law, Carol H. Johnson. She is survived by her children, Wade Kendall Johnson of Powhatan, Douglas Lee Johnson and his wife, Cynthia, of Carriere, Mississippi; grandchildren, Allison Leigh Sampson and husband, Eric, Lance Kendall Johnson, Jessica Andrews and husband, Scott, Ashley Nicole Moore, Spencer Thomas Moore; great-grandchildren, Lily Andrews, Madison Sampson, Alina Lee; her sisters, Marjorie Brescia of Falls Church, Va., and Elizabeth Mills of Washington State; and her brother, Robert Eugene Sanders of Nokesville, Va. She was a member of Bon Air Baptist Church, and sang in the Golden Notes Choir, which gave concerts from New York to Georgia, and volunteered four years in the Cancer Center at Johnston-Willis Hospital. She taught for 32 years in the Virginia State Public School System, retired from Campbell County school system after 25 years of service, and spent the previous seven years in Chesterfield County. The family will receive friends on Sunday, July 11, 2010 from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Huguenot Chapel of Woody Funeral Home, 1020 Huguenot Road, Midlothian. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 12, 2010 at the funeral home. Interment Dale Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Golden Notes Choir Fund of Bon Air Baptist Church. Condolences may be made at: woodyfuneralhomehuguenot.com



This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.