Hazel J. Johnson

February 5, 1925 - August 6, 2015

Hazel J. (Teagarden) Johnson, 90, of Point Marion, Pa., passed away Thursday, August 6, 2015 in the Point Manor Personal Care Home, with her family at her side. Born Feb. 5, 1925, in Sugar Grove, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Fred B. and Mary (McDonough) Teagarden. Active in the Springhill Furnace Presbyterian Church for many years, she currently held membership in the Sugar Grove Presbyterian Church in Laurel Point, and was a former member of the Golden Pointers and the Gallatin Grange. Hazel attended the West Virginia Business College, and worked for 35 years at the Cooperative Extension Service of West Virginia University, retiring as secretary to the Dean of Extension. Surviving are her two daughters, Jo Ellen McGee of Burlington, W.Va., and Ann Louise Bennett of Knightdale, North Carolina; five grandchildren, Christopher M. Gibson, Melisa D. Bennett, Tara L. Gibson, Sonja B. Eisel, and Tricia L. Pruss; eight great-grandsons, one great-granddaughter; and one sister, Evelyn Jean Kennedy of Laurel Point, W.Va. Deceased is her husband, Joseph Johnson (Oct. 5, 1966) and a son, Jesse F. Johnson (May 26, 1968). The family will receive friends in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, Pa., on Monday from 2 – 4 and 6 – 8 PM., and Tuesday until 11:00 AM, the hour of service, with Dr. Leonard Graham officiating, assisted by Rev. H. David McElroy. Interment follows in Pleasant View Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be offered in Hazel’s name to the Patient Activities Account at Point Manor PCH, 300 Union St., Point Marion, PA 15474.