Dr. C. Denton Johnson

Dr. C. Denton Johnson - COLUMBUS - Dr. C. Denton Johnson died at his home, in Columbus, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 20, 2010. He was 86 years old. A service will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Friday at 11 a.m. Dr. Johnson was born September 13, 1923. He attended the University of Georgia and graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1951. In medical school, Dr. Johnson met a medical technologist student from Kentucky, Alice St. Clair Newman, who he married in 1949. In 1991, after 42 years of marriage, Alice predeceased him. In 1998 he married Sherry Orkand. Dr. Johnson began his interest in medicine at a very early age while accompanying his grandfather on house calls. His grandfather, father and uncle were also Columbus physicians. He was board certified in Family Practice. Dr. Johnson was very active in the medical community. He was one of the founders of Doctors Hospital where he served 15 years as Chairman of the Board. He served as President of the Muscogee County Medical Society and was Chief of Staff at The Medical Center. In 1993, after 42 years of practice, he retired, but soon opened a new office and practiced medicine until his retirement in 2006. Dr. Johnson was a veteran of World War II having served in Belgium with the US Army Infantry. He was one of the founders of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and was a member of the Sertoma Club. His other interests included farming, fishing, gardening, arrowheads, birds, dancing and antique clocks. He had a great spirit of adventure, flew a Para plane, rafted the Nantahala with his children, and traveled to Antarctica, all after the age of 65. Dr. Johnson cared deeply for his patients and was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. He will be greatly missed. Dr. Johnson was preceded in death by his father, Dr. C. Denton Johnson, his mother, Edna Rudisill Johnson, his first wife, Alice St. Clair Newman Johnson, sister, Gloria Johnson Cummings and grandson, Reid Daniels Webb. He is survived by his wife, Sherry Orkand Johnson, a sister, Edna Jeanette Johnson, and children, Charles Denton Johnson (Pamela), Dr. James Herbert Johnson (Brandilyn), Robert Whitaker Johnson (Anna), all of Columbus, and daughter Alice Leigh Johnson Webb (Ike) of Twin City, Georgia. He is survived by ten grandchildren including Alice St. Clair Webb Collins (Mark) and Taylor Johnson Webb. He had one great grandson, Mason Reid Collins. Donations may be made to the Reid Webb Memorial Foundation, 41068 Ollifftown Road, Twin City, GA 30471, or to a favorite charity. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, 4071 Macon Road, Columbus, GA 706-563-2372 Savannah Morning News April 22, 2010 Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at savannahnow.com/obituaries .