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Elizabeth Davis Johnston died on Wednesday, December 4, 2013. She was born on July 3, 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. Her parents were Stanley Cleveland Davis and Mary Strickland Davis. She graduated from North Fulton High School and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1940 from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia.
She married John W. Moore in 1942 and the couple had one son, John W. Moore II, in 1947. Her husband died in 1955. She married Smith L. Johnston, Jr. in 1957 and became mother of Lucy Ann, Janice and Smith III. Another son, Stanley D. Johnston, was born in 1958.
Elizabeth was a prominent leader in civic, cultural, church and educational activities. She served as President of the Young Matrons Circle for Tallulah Falls School. She was instrumental in founding the Woodstock Public Library and served as Chairman of its Board of Trustees. She served on Cherokee County library boards from 1964 until 1991. For most of this time she served concurrently on the Woodstock Public Library Board, R.T. Jones Memorial Library Board and the Sequoyah Regional Library Board. She served as Chair, Vice Chair, Corresponding Secretary and Member of the various boards. Elizabeth was very involved in the leadership of these boards, serving as Chair or Vice Chair for 23 of those years. She participated in organizing and served with the R.T. Jones Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and was its President for two years. She was one of the founders of the South Cherokee Recreation Association and was its Secretary for five years. She was President of the Woodstock Elementary School PTA and was active in the Cherokee High School PTA. She was President for four years of the Cherokee County Historical Society and Secretary of the Cherokee County Planning and Building Commission.
Elizabeth taught school in Roswell, GA in 1940-1941 and during World War II worked in the Office of Price Administration. She served as a Director of the Bank of Woodstock from 1974 to 1984.
Elizabeth was an active member of the Woodstock United Methodist Church, serving as a Sunday school teacher, President of the United Methodist Women and as a Lay Delegate to the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held 2 P.M. Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Woodstock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Claude Herbert officiating. Burial will follow in Enon Cemetery with Woodstock Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be held from 4-7 P.M. Friday, December 13, 2013 at Woodstock Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sequoyah Regional Library, the Woodstock United Methodist Church or the Smith and Elizabeth Johnston Scholarship Fund at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia.
Mrs. Johnston is survived by her two daughters, Lucy Johnston Blackwell (Joe), and Janice Johnston Kane (Vic) all of Woodstock, GA; three sons, John William Moore, Big Canoe, GA., Smith L. Johnston III (Nina), Houston, TX., Stanley Davis Johnston (Beth), Canton, GA; ten grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
Online condolences may be made to www.woodstockfuneralhome.com
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December 19, 2013
Alice Dawson
Please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers during this time of sadness. May the Lord be with you and surround you with his love. I am sorry I was not able to see you during visitation, however, had to let you all know I am thinking of you.
December 10, 2013
Wow what an awesome Angel God has called home. She can now rest with her Husband. God Bless each one of you family and may he continue to comfort you. With love the Family of the late Christine Tucker.
December 7, 2013
To the Johnston family...may God comfort you and bring you peace during this time of bereavement.
December 7, 2013
G. Johnson
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
December 7, 2013
Mary Dilg
Heaven certainly gained an angel on Wednesday. My prayers for the Lord's comfort and peace are with the entire family. I am so deeply sorry for your loss. Her life was an inspiration. I feel so blessed to have had a chance to know her. She was beloved.
December 6, 2013
Sally Stenger
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
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