Marsha E. Green- Johnson

MARSHA E. JOHNSON (nee Green) born in Baltimore City on July 26, 1949, one of eight children born to the late Charles R. Green, Sr. and Odell (Haggans) Green, was called home to be with the Lord and Savior on June 12, 2013. Marsha resided in Baltimore all of her life and was educated in the Baltimore City Public School System, graduating from Frederick Douglass Senior High School in 1967. After high school, Marsha began working at Maryland National Bank (known today as Bank of America) and attended Cortez Peters Business School which she completed in 1969. She was a pioneer in establishing the first neighborhood association in the Seton Hill and Upton neighborhoods. She helped form the Green Willow Social Club after the first modern apartments were built on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the Upton neighborhood. This was during the first urban renovation of that corridor in the mid 1970's. While working at Maryland National Bank, Marsha met the love of her life, Andrew G. Johnson, who became her best friend for 35 years and on July 5, 1980, they began a marriage that lasted 32 years. During their marriage, Marsha and Andrew resided in the 1400 block of Division Street where Marsha was actively involved in the Provident Neighborhood Association. A very kind, loving and family oriented person, she reared her great-nephew, Imani Green and was the godmother to Monica Jones. Passionate, committed to children, and devoted to her community, Marsha helped to organize many neighborhood block parties, cookouts, and the annual family Labor Day gathering for 24 years. Later in her life, around the neighborhood, she became affectionately known as just “Miss Marsha” or Miss “M”. For approximately 30 years, Marsha worked in the banking industry and 7 years for the State of Maryland. She enjoyed many hobbies. Among them were her vegetable garden, dancing, flea marketing and listening to old R&B/Soul music. To cherish her memory, Marsha leaves: her loving husband, Andrew G. Johnson; one brother, Ernest Green (Gloria); three sisters, Joan C. Davis (Howard), Elva Green, and Darnell M. Larkins (Walter); three brothers-in-law, Dr. Jefferson O. Johnson (Myra), Reverend Anthony J. Johnson (Willie Ruth) and Minister Ernest Z. Johnson, Sr.; two sisters-in-law, L. Diane Johnson (Richard Darryl) and Ruby Johnson; nieces, nephews, great-nieces and -nephews, great-great nieces and -nephews, cousins, and a host of other relatives, extended family members and friends.

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Marsha E. Green- Johnson

July 26, 1949 - June 12, 2013