Ralph D. Johnson

Goldsboro – Mr. Ralph David Johnson, 79, of 307 Pineland Drive, died Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at his home.

A native of Jamestown, New York, Mr. Johnson was the son of the late John Hilmer Johnson and Anna Forslef Johnson. Mr. Johnson was the owner and operator of G & M Sales which was founded in 1959. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Bame and Dr. Homer Morris officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Dale Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Joyce Morley Johnson; his daughters, Jody Brashear and husband, Harold of Goldsboro and Sandra Murphy and husband, Mike of Goldsboro; his sons, Alan Johnson and wife, Betty of Goldsboro and Rob Johnson and wife, Kim of Georgia; and seven grandchildren, Matthew Johnson, Zachary Fuller, Lee Brashear, Christine Brashear, David Paul Johnson, Brittney Allum and Brian Allum.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church General Fund, 204 E. Chestnut Street, Goldsboro, NC 27530.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brashear, 119 Fairway Drive, Goldsboro.