VIVIAN WRIGHT JOHNSON
Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 1:39PM February 18, 1927 – January 2, 2010
GREENWOOD, SC – Mrs. Vivian Elizabeth Wright Johnson, age 82, resident of Magnolia Manor, wife of the late James C. Johnson, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Hospice Care of the Piedmont, Greenwood, SC.
Born in Anderson on February 18, 1927, Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of the late Henry Witherspoon Wright and the late Julia Elizabeth Edmonds Wright. She retired from JC Penney in 1989 with over 27 years of service. After retirement, she worked at Johnson’s Market. She was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church where she was a former member of the F.O. Bailey Sunday School Class, the church choir, and Reflections Choir. In recent years while living at Magnolia Manor, she was President of the Resident’s Council and of The Red Hat Society.
She is survived by two daughters, Elaine J. Hall and her husband Michael D. Hall of Abbeville, and Darlene J. Sperr and her husband David Sperr of Anderson; four grandchildren: Ashlea E. Hall of Conway, Lyndsey A. Hall of Anderson, Ryan J. Yow of Anderson and Jamie D. Yow of Anderson; four sisters-in-law, Lillian S. Wright, Vivian W. Wright, Betty S. Johnson, all of Anderson, and Elizabeth M. Johnson of Greer.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Darwin H. Wright and William T. Wright and three sisters, Evelyn W. Fountain, Camilla W. Hale and Myra W. McAlister.
The Funeral Service will be on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM at The McDougald Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverends Tom Cartledge and Darren Rood officiating. Entombment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home prior to the service from 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM.
The family respectfully request that flowers and food be omitted and memorials be sent in Mrs. Johnson’s name to Hospice of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646.
On online message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com.
The McDougald Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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