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Ada Johnson
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 11, 2004, at 3:00 at Hub Chapel United Methodist Church for Mrs. Ada Morris Johnson of Columbia, who died Saturday, September 4, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center. Interment was in the Hub Community Cemetery. Rev. Tommie Greer officiated at the service. A native of Columbia, she was a member of Sweet Valley Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis and Addie Morris and her husband, Samuel E. Johnson.
She is survived by her daughter, Florene Jenkins; one brother, Julius Morris (Angie) of Vacaville, Georgia, September 7, 2004. Rev. Tommy Greer officiated at the service.
A native of Columbia, he was retired from the U.S. Army and was a member of Second Providence Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thesby and Etta Jack Johnson.
He is survived by his wife, Jean; two daughters, Shonnette Johnson of Brooklyn, Washington, D.C. with her oldest granddaughters, Dana and Katie. She also performed community service work during her retirement years with the Marion General Hospital Auxiliary serving in a number of offices, including president for two terms in 1986-87 and 1987-88. She volunteered for more than 2,200 hours.
In 1983, Broom began the job she enjoyed the most, grandmother. She was present for the birth of each of her five granddaughters. First, there was Dana in Anchorage in 1983, then Katie in New Orleans in 1985, then Amy in Columbia in 1987, then Kristin in New Orleans in 1988 and finally Lauren in Bakersfield in 1989. She was happiest when she was with them. She attended numerous plays, ball games, recitals and parties with them. She read to them for countless hours at bedtime. She sewed Christmas and Easter dresses by hand for each of them each year when they were younger.
Broom’s will to live never showed itself more than over the past two years. She suffered a major stroke in March 1999 and several more over the ensuing two years. Throughout this arduous period, she never lost her dignity. Her spirits remained high and her will to live strong. Many friends and medical personnel wondered how and why she kept on living. The answer to these questions can be found in her life, those basic lessons she learned as a child growing up during the Great Depression, becoming a young woman during World War II and surviving cancer as she reached her retirement years. Her strong Christian faith and her belief in family and the goodness of people sustained her throughout her life up to and including these difficult past few years.
