Obituary of Vance Johnson

WEST COLUMBIA : Funeral services for beloved minister, the Rev. Wilbur Vance Johnson of West Columbia, SC, will be held Sunday, February 5, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, West Columbia. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Baptist Church, St. Matthews, SC. Serving as pallbearers will be Bob Hazel, Lee Matthews, Jim Tindal and grandsons, Christopher Johnson, Brandon Johnson, and Jeffrey Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons and the Youth Group of First Baptist Church. Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 4, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. Rev. Johnson went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Born in Bennettsville, SC, he was the son of the late Columbus Jackson Johnson and Oralee Jones Johnson. Rev. Johnson served as Pastor of Amelia St. Baptist Church, Orangeburg; Laurel Baptist Church, West Columbia; Gethsemane Baptist Church, St. Matthews; and Bethune Baptist Church, Bethune. He was currently employed as Comptroller of Burns Auto Parts, Columbia, SC. Rev. Johnson was a member of First Baptist Church of West Columbia where he was serving as chairman of Deacons. He was also active in the music and youth ministries of the church. Surviving are his wife, Phyllis Jennings Johnson; son, Ronald Allen Johnson; grandsons, Christopher Johnson, Brandon Johnson (Shannon), and Jeffrey Johnson; daughter-in-law, Cindy Johnson Bozard; great grandchildren, Kaylee, Hunter and Brianna; sister, Dellaree Johnson McDaniel; brother, Charles E. Johnson and numerous nieces and nephews. Rev. Johnson was preceded in death by his son, John Mark Johnson and brother, James Gabriel Johnson. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 4898, West Columbia, SC 29171.