Joan Johnson

Benson, NC: Mrs. Joan Delano Johnson Johnson, age 80, of the Meadow Community, owner of Johnson Realty Associates, Inc., died Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.  Funeral services will be 11:00AM Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at Trinity Baptist Church.  Officiating will be Rev. Thomas Collings and Dr. Robert Cooke.  Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was born January 30, 1935, in Johnston County to the late John Nathan Johnson, Sr., and Vara Wood Johnson.  She was also preceded in death by brother, John Nathan Johnson, Jr., and sister, Isla Ruth Aderholdt.  Mrs. Johnson was a lifetime member of Trinity Baptist Church.  She was a real estate broker, served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Johnston Community College, was a trustee of Campbell University, and taught at Benson High School.  Surviving are her husband of 57 years, James Donald Johnson, Sr.; children, Amy Elizabeth Johnson of Raleigh, James Donald Johnson, Jr., and wife, Tracie, of Benson, and William Wood Johnson and wife, Suzanne, of Benson; grandchildren, James Johnson, III, Mary Peyton Johnson, Joseph Johnson, and William Johnson; and grand dog, Lizzy Delano. The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Monday.