Clyde Bosworth JOHNSON

C. Bosworth (Bos) Johnson, Jr., 85, died Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Woodlands Retirement Community. He was the son of the late Clyde Bosworth and Elizabeth Lee Reese Johnson.

He is survived by his wife, Dr. Dorothy Rensch Johnson, daughters Dr. Elizabeth Johnson Paulsen, Decatur, GA; Carol Anne Walton, Louisville, KY; Susan Johnson, Charlotte, NC; Janice Lanning, Thomasville, NC; son Robert, of Huntington; and nine grandchildren: Adam, Jacquelyn, Max and Drew of Thomasville, Matt and Reese of Louisville, Grace and Sarah of Decatur, and Ginny of Huntington.

Born March 9, 1929 in Charleston, WV, Bos earned his A.B. degree from West Virginia University (1949), and his M.A. from Marshall University (1969).

After early broadcasting jobs in Bluefield and Morgantown, WV, he joined WSAZ-AM-TV Huntington-Charleston in 1952. Following a variety of assignments, he was named News Director and principal anchor in 1960, a position he occupied until 1976 when he joined Marshall University as Associate Professor of Journalism, leaving there in 1988 to join Charles Ryan Associates as vice president.

He served as president of Cabell-Wayne United Community Services (United Way) (1962-63), chairman of the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce (1980), member and chairman (1977-88) of the WV Educational Broadcasting Authority (which named its board room in his honor), and as board member of Leadership Tri-State, Marshall University Library Associates, and formerly board member of Cammack Children’s Center and the Cerebral Palsy Council. He was appointed to the Huntington Board of Zoning Appeals in 2006.

Bos was treasurer (1968-73) and president (1973-74) of the Radio Television News Director’s Association. He received the Preceptor Award from San Francisco State University, Distinguished Service Award from the Marshall Journalism Alumni Association, Phil Vogel Memorial Award from the WV Associated Press, Distinguished Broadcaster Award from the WV Broadcasters Association, the Silver Circle Award from National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the W. Va. Associated Press Lifetime Achievement Award, and membership in the inaugural West Virginia Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

He was ordained an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in 1958, and served as Sunday School teacher, lay preacher and Session member. He chaired the advisory board of Presbyterian Survey (now Presbyterians Today) and in 1997 was moderator of the Presbytery of West Virginia.

Memorial service will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church, Huntington by The Rev. Skip Seibel. Friends may call Tuesday 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary. The family requests memorial gifts be made to the Campus Christian Center, 1 John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755.