August 4, 1956 – September 13, 2005
Ms. Carol Nellie Johnson was born August 4, 1956 to proud parents Elder (Bishop) James A. and the Late Mother Josephine B. Johnson in St. Louis. She was the fifth of seven children. Her mother and youngest sister, Donna Rose, preceded her in death.
She attended Hempstead Elementary School in St. Louis, Hanley Junior High School in University City and University Senior High School, where she was a flutist in the marching band and a leader in the school’s Future Business Leaders of America organization. She graduated in June 1975. Carol attended Central Missouri State University and Saint Louis University, majoring in accounting, and completed Ticket and Reservation training at the TWA Travel School.
Prior to starting her own cruise and travel business, Carol & Company, Carol worked as a computer programmer and analyst for Citicorp and a travel agent for DenMark Travel, Inc.
She was baptized in the name of Jesus and received the Holy Ghost in 1973 at the Bethesda Temple Church in St. Louis, under the leadership of her father, Bishop James A. Johnson.
She was a dedicated, hard worker within Bethesda Temple and the national organization, Pentecostal Assemblies of The World, Inc. (PAW). She served as pastoral administrative assistant and a member of the Executive Board of the Bethesda Temple Auxiliary. Under her leadership, the radio and television ministries were incorporated into the Apostolic Faith Ministries (AFM). She served as a member of the choirs, Praise Team and was the executive director of the Bethesda Temple Child Development Center.
Nationally, she was the corresponding secretary for the International Missionary and Christian Women’s Association (IMCWA), the Convention Coordinator of the International Pentecostal Young People’s Union (IPYPU), the Director of Registration for the PAW, Inc. and was a member of the Convention Management Team.
Carol was also a commissioner on the Dr. Martin Luther King Commission of the State of Missouri and a creative coordinator for weddings, funerals, concerts, anniversaries and other events.
She departed this life on Tuesday morning, September 13, 2005 and leaves to cherish her memory her loving father and his wife, Bishop James A. Johnson and Mrs. Juana J. Johnson; four sisters, Jacqueline B. (Earl) Collier of St. Louis; Rev. Dr. Sharon L. Johnson of Detroit, Michigan; Brenda M. (William) Woods of St. Louis; and LaVerne C. (George) Alford of Houston, Texas; one brother, Suffragan Bishop Reuben K. (Martha) Johnson of Lenexa, Kansas; two stepsisters, Dameena R. Cox and Jandi M. Cox, both of St. Louis; one stepbrother, Kaelan M. Cox of St. Louis; one aunt, Laconia Hall of Detroit, Michigan; two aunts, Rheba Bowers and Elizabeth Wright of Flint, Michigan; five nieces, Carmen (who worked as one of Carol’s primary caregivers), Lindsey, Shaina, Rachel and Yakira; two nephews, Douglas and James II; one step-nephew, Boston; many cousins and other relatives.
Carol also leaves several godchildren, her Bethesda Temple Family, her special friends the “Divas,” “Ceejay’s Rockettes,” her special moms, Beatrice Peterson & Barbara Cole, and doctors, nurses and staff of the St. Luke’s Hospital of Creve Coeur, and many, many friends.
