Jane Johnson

1946 - 2025

Jane McCue Johnson was born April 12, 1946, in Warrington, Cheshire England, daughter of the late Winifred and Richard McCue. Jane died in Black Mountain, North Carolina on June 6th 2025 after a long illness.

As a youth, she attained the highest score on the religion subject test in the north of England. Jane emigrated to the United States in 1972 and settled in Sumter, South Carolina. While working as a paralegal, Jane became a graduate of the University of South Carolina and then the University of South Carolina Law School. She was naturalized as a US citizen and passed the SC State Bar Exam and worked as a lawyer and assistant attorney general for the SC Attorney General's office for 15 years.

Jane married Herbert A. Johnson on June 4, 1983. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church (one in Columbia SC, one in Asheville NC). Survivors include her husband Herb, brother David McCue, niece Christine Bloch, great-niece Ella Bloch, stepdaughters Amanda (Susan James) Johnson and Vanessa (Evan) Smiley, grandkids Emerson and Ava Smiley, cousins, and relatives Angela, Sylvia, Valerie and Vicki.

Jane was a talented artist with colored pencils and acrylic paints, a sometime weaver and a frequent knitter of prayer shawls and clothing. She was devoted to her many cats and dogs over the years, most recently her Pembroke corgi Penny and cat Nicki.

She traveled with beloved husband Herb to many countries including Australia, Ecuador, Scotland, France, England and Greece, and enjoyed visiting national parks.

A memorial service is to be held at Givens Highlands Farms Assembly Room on North Commons Court (200 Tabernacle Road), in Black Mountain, NC on September 13, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. and a reception immediately following with refreshments provided. Service will be conducted by the Rev. Joan Grant.