Margaret C. Johnson

Margaret Chambers Johnson, daughter of the late Estella Rhodes and Jeremiah chambers, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 15, 1912. The last of four children she departed this life on June 7, 2002. Margaret was educated in Baltimore City Public Schools, graduating from Frederick Douglass Senior High School on February 6, 1930. Margaret also attended the St. Paul Institute of Practical Nursing, receiving a certificate on May 237, 1948. Always seeking knowledge, she attended the University of Maryland, Division of Physical Practical Nursing and received a certificate on November 22, 19955. On May 16, 1956, she passed the State Board of Examiners for the State of Maryland and became a Licensed Practical Nurse. Margaret was raised in a very religious home. As a result, she answered the call and received the Holy Ghost at a very young age. She became a member of the First Apostolic Faith Church located at Spring and Mullikan Streets, pastored by the late Bishop J. M. Turpin. She was an active member for seventy-nine years. On May 31, 1935, Margaret was united in marriage to the late Samuel H. Johnson. From this union born two daughters, Ruth and Margaret. Through her nursing duties, she was able to be a missionary to the sick. She worked as a nurse’s aide at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for fourteen years. She worked for the University of Maryland Hospital System as a Licensed Practical Nurse for eighteen years, retiring in 1974. If you ever attended Sunday school at First Apostolic Faith church, you were probably in Sister Margaret’s class. She taught Sunday school to many, many children including Bishop Franklin Cornelius Showell. She was the director of all Sunday school Programs until recent years, when she turned this activity over to the younger teachers. She continued to teach Sunday school until the last few weeks, when she became ill. Margaret was a quiet but very active church member. For a number of years, she sang on the Gospel Choir until her job became too demanding. She was also one of the original members of the Matrons Club. She leaves to mourn: her daughters, Ruth J. Watkins and Margaret E. Belt, and son-in-law, Maynard J. Belt; two granddaughters, Ruth W. Harrod and Phyllis M. Belt-Jackson; two grandsons-in-law, four great-grandsons, a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She will be greatly missed by all.

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Margaret C. Johnson

October 15, 1912 - June 13, 2002