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energy carried her throughout . life, ever curious about meeting new people, new adventures.
She loved to entertain and play bridge and usually won in games of Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble. She was a stickler when it came to the proper use of the English language.
She loved to travel and one family member said she had been to every continent but Antarctica.
The Johnsons went around
the world ig 1963. When Mrs. Johnson was 82 she planned to go on a safari with granddaughter Lynn Jones, but fell and broke her hip the day before she was to go.
Even in her last days at America House, she was caring for others. She was concerned that one of the other residents there was feeling isolated because she couldn’t hear. So Mrs. Johnson took sign language courses and arranged for other residents to take them too so they could communicate with her.
The woman subsequently underwent an operation and her hearing was restored. She attended Mrs. Johnson’s memorial service.
“Mrs. Johnson definitely was a priceless treasure to the county,” said Pastor Jeff Light, who officiated at the memorial service.
Her book, he said in an interview afterwards, “was most definitely the impetus for the Woodville Bicentennial celebration which he chaired. “It did an excellent job documenting the history of Woodville.”
During the celebration in 1998 Mrs. Johnson rode in the parade in one of John Morgan’s antique cars.
“I think Elisabeth Johnson and her husband made a real contribution to Rappahannock County,” said Jim Gannon, owner of the Old Sperryville Bookshop.
“Their book is one of our consistently bestselling books and it has been on our best sellers list,” he said. “People ' new to the county come in and ' ask ‘Is there a book that can tell me about Rappahannock County.’
“People like the Johnsons have a lasting legacy and imprint,” said Mr. Gannon.
See obituary, Page B6
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