Gadsden County Public Library

It is with sadness that we report this news.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Margaret Johnson, a long-time supporter of the Gadsden County Public Library System. She will be missed. Her obituary appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat February 21, 2006:

Margaret L.C. Johnson QUINCY

Margaret Lawson Curry Johnson, 66, a homemaker and community volunteer, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006. She is survived by her husband, Walter Alexander Johnson. The service will be at 11 a.m. EST today at Gretna Presbyterian Church in Gretna, with burial at Sunnydell Cemetery. Family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery. Charles McClellan Funeral Home in Quincy (850-627-7677) is handling arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to:

the American Red Cross, 187 Office Plaza, Tallahassee, FL 32301;

Friends of the Library, 341 E. Jefferson St., Quincy, FL 32351; or

Gretna Presbyterian Church, c/o James H. Thompson, 939 Luten Road, Quincy, FL 32351.

She was a lifetime resident of Gadsden County and a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga. She was a member of the Gretna Presbyterian Church, where she was the first woman elder.

She was a board member with the Friends of the Library and a member of the library commission.

She also was a member of the board of directors of the Sand Cliffs Condominiums in Walton County near Emerald Crest. She was a former executive director of the American Red Cross in Gadsden County.

Survivors include two sons, Curry Johnson and John Sidney Johnson (and wife Angel), both of Quincy; a daughter, Sarah Lawson Sanchez (and husband Rick) of Pensacola; a brother, John Shaw Curry (and wife Janice) of Quincy; four sisters, Jane Curry Hinson (and husband Alex) and Mary Howard Griffin Edwards (and husband Bo-Bo), both of Quincy, Helen Griffin Owenby (and husband Carl) of Tallahassee and Ethel Griffin Knox (and husband Dr. John) of Atlanta; and five grandchildren, Sidney and Hayley Johnson, both of Quincy, and Ja, Chavis and William Sanchez, both of Pensacola. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lawson May Curry Griffin; her father, John Curry; and her stepfather, Dr. J.M. Griffin.

Published in the Tallahassee Democrat on 2/21/2006.

posted by GCPLStaff @ 1:20 PM