Sandra Keithley Johnson, 77, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Sandra was born Nov. 27, 1941, to Edythe and David Keithley.
She was a graduate of Newport News High School. She was a homemaker to her husband and four children and later joined her husband working in their family business, Don’s Jewelry Inc. They retired in April 2000 when they closed the family business.
Sandra served for more than 30 years at Calvary Baptist Church, Newport News, as nursery and preschool director and was a member of the adult choir.
Sandra is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, William D. Johnson of Yorktown; son, William R. Johnson, and his wife, Patti, of Charlottesville; daughters, Donna J. Blanchard, and her husband, Joseph, of Yorktown, and Deborah J. Scott, and her husband, Mack, of Chesapeake; son-in-law, David W. Rudloff of Williamsburg; nine grandchildren, Amber Swindle, Jennifer Moore, Stephanie Sensi, Courtney Johnson, Michael Rudloff, Brittany Roberts, Megan Blanchard, Andrew Blanchard and Esi Blanchard; seven great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Jack Morgan; brothers, David Bud Keithley, and his wife, Nadia, of Newmanstown, Pennsylvania, and Tommy Keithley, and his wife, Janet, of Winchester; and many other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father, David Keithley; mother, Edythe Fowler; daughter, Karen J. Rudloff; and sister, Mariam Dee Morgan.
Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 12, at Peninsula Funeral Home, Newport News. The family will also have a visitation at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 13, followed by a funeral service at noon at Mill Swamp Baptist Church, 6329 Mill Swamp Road, Ivor. Burial will be held in Mill Swamp Cemetery following the service adjacent to the church.
The family requests that donations be made to the Peninsula Rescue Mission, Newport News; or Riverside Hospital Hospice Unit, Newport News.
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