Mr. Samuel Frank Johnson

A graveside service will be held at Westminster Gardens on Wednesday, October 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Mr. Johnson was born in Greensboro on July 27, 1917 to Samuel Franklin Johnson and Eunice Morton Johnson. He is predeceased by his parents; sister, Inez A. Musselman; brother, Raymond M. Johnson and grandson, Craig Stewart Johnson.

Mr. Johnson joined the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in 1962 as Director of the Admitting Department. When he retired from Moses Cone in 1982, he was manager of Human Resources. Prior to joining the hospital, Frank was employed by Burlington Industries as a cost accountant and retired after 24 years of service. He was also associated with Hanes Lineberry as a funeral director for many years. Mr. Johnson has been a member of West Market Street United Methodist church since 1940 where he was a member of the choir until 1959.

Frank was a WWII veteran and served with the statistical department of the 449th Bomb Group headquartered in Grattaglia, Italy. He was a past president of the Personnel Association of the Greensboro Area and a past president of the North Carolina Hospital Association. Frank was a member and past president of the Greensboro Chapter of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.(barbershop quartet singing) and also hosted many of their concert events.

Frank is survived by his wife of 69 years, Hazel M. Johnson of the home; son, Thomas A. Johnson; daughter, Ellen Hopkins and her husband Dale; three grandchildren, Lara Bibey and her husband Brian; Scott Johnson and his wife Amy and Michelle Holder; two great grandchildren, Brandon Bibey and Avery Scott Johnson.

Frank was a special man, a wonderful husband and father and a friend to all who knew him. He never met a stranger and always had a smile and a word of encouragement or praise for everyone. He had a gift for remembering names and treating people he had just met as if he had known them forever. His happiest times were spent with his family, making something in his workshop or working in his garden.

We will miss him so much!

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to West Market Street United Methodist Church, the Alzheimer’s Association or a charity of your choice.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hanes Lineberry N. Elm Street Chapel.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Hanes Lineberry N. Elm Street Chapel.

Online condolences may be made to haneslineberryfhnorthelm.com