Ja'Nya A. "Peanut" Johnson

Princess Ja’Nya A. Johnson, “Peanut”, 14 of Colonial Heights, VA, was called home Tuesday, June 14, 2022, suddenly at her residence.

She was born August 2, 2007 to Aasenika Johnson and DaRyan Granderson. She finished her 8th grade year at Virtual Academy, and was on her way to 9th grade.

Ja’Nya was a Warrior, a fighter, so strong and so brave. Ja’Nya loved to smile, laugh, watch Netflix, and movies with best friend/sister, Za’Ryah “Bug”. 

Peanut and Bug was two peas in a pod, and they where always up to something.  Bug taught Peanut how to communicate by blinking her eyes, one time for no, two times for yes and three times for I don’t know (that how they communicated.) If you’re feeling down, just go see Peanut.  She always knew how to bring you back up with that smile.

Ja’Nya was preceded in death by grandmother, Sheila Johnson and Shelley Granderson “Nana”; grandfather, William T. Ragsdale, Sr.; aunts, Carolyn Jones and Kim Mason; four uncles, Al, Antonio, Devon and Jonathan Johnson. She survived by her sister, Za’Ryah Granderson; grandmother, Annie Ragsdale; grandfather, John Mason and Al Johnson, Sr.; great grandmother, Ethel Granderson; aunts, Taneisha Granderson, Tiara Granderson, J’Care Graves, Angie Ragsdale, Kisa Johnson and Carmeilita Johnson; uncles, Niko Johnson, Jason Mace (April), Adam Ragsdale and William T. Ragsdale, Jr.; her great aunt, Sheila Granderson; a host of aunts, uncle, cousins, other relatives, friends,  her favorite babysitter, teachers, and doctors.

Services 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at the Chapel of J. M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment, Inc., 102 South Avenue, Petersburg, VA, the Rev. Dr. Andrew J. White, Sr., eulogist.  The interment to follow at Mt. Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.

J.M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment, Inc., 102 South Avenue, Petersburg, VA, (804) 732-8911, www.jmwilkersonsince1874.com.