MARJORIE BEST JOHNSON

  
MARJORIE BEST JOHNSON (Age 89)  
Marjorie Best Johnson of Silver Spring, MD, loving daughter, wife, godmother, aunt and cousin, passed away on October 28, 2015. The youngest of four children, Marjorie was born on February 26, 1926 in Gloucester, Massachusetts to William Thomas and Lucy Skinner Best. Marjorie loved God, family, friends and life. She was kind, generous, patient and extremely intelligent. She was a teacher of gifted and special needs children in the Washington area for more than 30 years. After retiring, she served as a licensed tour guide in the Washington, DC area for nearly 21 years. Always a leader at her beloved Grace Episcopal Church, she took on the role of leading the Strolling Seniors, a ministry for the church's mature adults.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Roy Lee Johnson, Jr. and brothers, William, Ralph and Hubert. Surviving, are cousin, Mary McIntyre; godsons, Victor Simerly and Merit McIntyre; nephews, Fred and Darrell Powers; nieces, Deborah LaPierre and Marcia Arnett; many grand nieces and nephews, and longtime friends, Marg Kaplow and Dorothy Gallagher.Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4 at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, MD. A service to celebrate her life will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 1607 Grace Church Road, Silver Spring, MD on Thursday, November 5 at 10 a.m. with interment following at Parklawn Memorial Park.The family expresses their sincere gratitude to the staff of Shanti's Home for the compassionate and loving care given to Marjorie over the past three years. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice.www.collinsfuneralhome.com