In Memory

Nancy Ruth Johnson*

BECKLEY - Eighty-one-year-old Nancy Ruth Johnson, a World War II bombardier training pilot and a teacher for 45 years, died Feb. 7, 1999, at her Beckley home after a long illness. She was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, and attended Beckley College. She held a private pilot license, served as a Women's Air Force Service Pilot captain during World War II, flew bombardier training missions and was a private pilot instructor. She attended Marshall University and the University of Kentucky and was a retired schoolteacher with 45 years' service. She was a member of the DAR, Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, American Legion Post 32, Beckley, the National Education Association, and United Methodist Temple, Beckley. Surviving: nieces, Eleanor Bonnie Moore of Rivesville, Peggy Thompson Chambers of Mossy, Angela Schuyler Meadows of Beckley; nephew, George Johnson Boggs of Boulder, Colo. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at United Methodist Temple, Beckley, with the Rev. Dan Johnson and the Rev. Ellen File officiating. Burial with military rites by VFW Post 4326, Sophia-Midway, will be in Kidwell Cemetery, Tablerock. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley, and one hour prior to service at the temple. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to United Methodist Temple, 3871 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, WV 25801.