Frances Cundiff Johnson

Posted by on Oct 8, 2014

Frances Johnson 002Frances Cundiff Johnson of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Horace Cundiff and Victoria Hughes Cundiff, was born in Adair County, Kentucky July 22, 1924. She died Wednesday morning, October 8, 2014 in Elizabethtown.      Age:   90.

She was a lifelong Christ follower and a graduate of Centre College, class of 1946, with a Bachelor of Science Degree.

She married Doug Johnson, her childhood sweetheart, January 2, 1945. He preceded her in death June 28, 1989.

Her vocations and avocations included church and school librarian, church secretary, volunteer at The Daughter’s of American Revolution, cofounder of Dewure High School in Zinbabwe high school teachering, publisher at Central Africa Mission Evangelistic Literature Service and an avid supporter of Central African Mission with whom she spent 30 years in Zimbabwe.

She is survived by three sons: Dr. Mark Cundiff Johnson and wife, Marcia Snider Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri, Lynn Hughes Johnson and wife, Dr. Sally Sperring of Ellettsville, Indiana and Peter Martin Johnson and wife, Karen Cole Johnson of Elizabethtown.

Seven grandchildren: Katharine Powell and husband, Andy of Cincinnati, Aaron Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri, Elizabeth McConaghy and husband, Kyle of Los Angeles, Savannah Atlas and husband, Rees of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Sylva Johnson of Bloomington, Indiana, Andrew Johnson and wife, Emily of Elizabethtown and Anna Johnson of Elizabethtown.

Two great-grandchildren: Ben Powell and Jack Powell.

Two brothers-in-law: David Lewis Johnson and wife, Norma Jean and Norman Allen Johnson of Campbellsville

Nieces and nephews of Campbellsville, Frankfort, Seattle and Washington D.C. and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Edith Walker of Columbia.

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VISITATION:  5:00 – 8 :00 P.M., Friday, October 10, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE:         11:00 A.M., Saturday, October 11, 2014, at Parrott &Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Minister Joe Hatchett

BURIAL:                              Columbia City Cemetery in Adair County, Kentucky

PALLBEARERS:

Allen Johnson

Greg Johnson

Ricky Malone

Russell Montgomery

John Walker

William A. Wethington