Claude Johnson and Willie Mae Brown Johnson
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Willie Mae Brown Johnson and Claude Johnson, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, July 2020.
Claude Johnson
Born to Joe Johnson and Frances Harden Johnson in 1936, Claude Johnson grew up in the Mars Hill community outside Acworth. He attended Acworth’s segregated Rosenwald School until the age of 14, when he took a job in food service at Lockheed-Georgia. After 25 years with the aircraft manufacturing company, Johnson became head of shipping and receiving at Hewlett-Packard, where he worked for another 30 years. Married to Willie Mae Brown Johnson since 1954, Johnson has one child, Claude “Ronnie” Johnson, Jr.
Willie Mae Brown Johnson
Born to John Emery Brown, Sr. and Annie Lou Furr Brown in Marietta in 1938, Willie Mae Brown Johnson grew up in the Acworth home of her grandparents, William “Bud” Cicero Furr and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Christian Furr, after her parents’ death in 1946. Johnson attended the segregated Rosenwald School in Acworth and Lemon Street High School in Marietta. She worked as a domestic worker and later took a job as a twisting machine operator at Coats and Clark thread mill. Johnson lives on Taylor Street in Acworth with her husband Claude Johnson. They have one son, Claude “Ronnie” Johnson, Jr. Until the full integration of Cobb County schools in 1968, Johnson served as Vice President of the Parent Teacher Association at the segregated Roberts School.
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Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Northside Drive, Acworth, Georgia, June 1958
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Northside Drive, Acworth, Georgia, June 1958 -
Claude "Ronnie" Johnson, Jr., 1956
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Claude "Ronnie" Johnson, Jr., 1956 -
Willie Mae Brown Johnson and Claude "Ronnie" Johnson, Jr., Northside Drive, Acworth, Georgia, May 1958
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson and Claude "Ronnie" Johnson, Jr., Northside Drive, Acworth, Georgia, May 1958 -
Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Betsy Kemp, and Claude Johnson, Taylor Street Acworth, Georgia, 1955
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Betsy Kemp, and Claude Johnson, Taylor Street Acworth, Georgia, 1955 -
Willie Mae Brown Johnson and Claude Johnson, Pastor Appreciation Day, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 2007
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson and Claude Johnson, Pastor Appreciation Day, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 2007 -
Marietta Daily Journal photograph featuring Willie Mae Brown Johnson (left) and Claude Johnson, Logan Farm Park, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 2000s
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Marietta Daily Journal photograph featuring Willie Mae Brown Johnson and Claude Johnson, Logan Farm Park, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 2000s -
Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Rufus Kemp, Annette Summerour Martin, Claude Johnson, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 1955
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Rufus Kemp, Annette Summerour Martin, Claude Johnson, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 1955 -
Doyal Hudson Hill, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 2007
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Doyal Hudson Hill, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 2007 -
Choir members from Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Bethel A.M.E. Church, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church sanctuary, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 1994
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Betty Coles, Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Helen Harden Hill, Leslie Henderson, Elnora Williams Hill, Esther Echols, unidentified man, Beverly Griffin Patton, and Katherine Ross Gresham, choir members from Zion Hill Missionary ... -
Choir members, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1990s
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Claude Johnson, Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Charlie Mae Henderson Griffin, and Doyal Hudson Hill with unidentified choir members, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1990s -
James Furr, unidentified person, Amos Durr, and Claude Johnson, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1990s
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)James Furr, unidentified person, Amos Durr, and Claude Johnson, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1990s -
Dr. Frank Johnson, Jr., and Doyal Hudson Hill, Pastor Appreciation Day, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 2007
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Dr. Frank Johnson, Jr., and Doyal Hudson Hill, Pastor Appreciation Day, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, 2007 -
Doyal Hudson Hill and Elnora Williams Hill, 1997
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Doyal Hudson Hill and Elnora Williams Hill, 1997 -
Certificate for outstanding achievement in Zion Hill Baptist Church Youth Sunday School Teaching presented to Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Acworth, Georgia, January 14, 1990
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Certificate for outstanding achievement in Zion Hill Baptist Church Youth Sunday School Teaching presented to Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Acworth, Georgia, January 14, 1990 -
Lessie Summerour Durr and unidentified people, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, September 1986
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Lessie Summerour Durr and unidentified people, Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, September 1986 -
Claude Johnson and Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Cobb County Fair, Cobb County, Georgia, 1954
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Claude Johnson and Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Cobb County Fair, Cobb County, Georgia, 1954 -
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1986
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1986 -
Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, April 1985
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson, Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, April 1985 -
Doyal Hudson Hill, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1970s
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Doyal Hudson Hill, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1970s -
Willie Mae Brown Johnson, ca. 1970s
(Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-10-30)Willie Mae Brown Johnson, ca. 1970s
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