Ruth Shands Johnson Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Ruth Shands Johnson (Stony Creek, Virginia), who passed away at the age of 89, on March 10, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Ruth Shands Johnson to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Deacon Walter S. Shands, Sr. and Deaconess Mary Lee Shands; her husband Deacon Thomas F. Johnson; her daughter Geraldine Henry; her foster son Leonard Bernard Bowden; her siblings, Deaconess Nola B. Harvell and Walter S. Shands, Jr.; her brothers-in-law, Timothy Harvell and Deacon John Ellis; her son-in-law Deacon Ralph Townes, Jr.; and her children, Deacon James E. Johnson (Nancy), NJ, Thomas E. Johnson, Virginia and Ernestine J. Townes.
She is survived by: her grandchildren, Eric Lloyd Pollard Johnson (Leah), Deacon Michael Johnson, Deidre Renee Johnson, Shameka Johnson, James Nathaniel Johnson (Linda), Christopher Johnson, Christopher B. Townes, Erica Renee Townes, Mark Allen Henry and Jessica Henry; her great grandchildren, Alyssa Martinez, Aliya Martinez, James Zachary Christopher Johnson, Donte Cory Davis, Darius Brooks Davis, Amaya Renee Davis, Joshua Day, Von Height, Ty'Yon Johnson Little, Adrian Jamel Johnson, MeChelle Moore, MyEsha Moore, Laketa Bowden, Yolanda Bowden, ShaNaya Bowden, Symphony Bowden, Jayani Jones and Julius Jones; her siblings, Deacon James Otha Shands (Mildred), Deacon Ralph Alexander Shands (Viola), Samuel Hampton Shands (Carolyn), Thurman Lee Shands (Loretta), Otelia Shands Ellis, Shirley Shands and Mary Louise Pegram; and her sister-in-law Dorothy Shands. She is also survived by her nieces, nephews, cousins, church family, friends.
