Rosalind Jean Johnson

Rosalind Jean Kollock Johnson,  81, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at Wayne Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

Rosalind was born on May 3, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York to the late, Manuel DeSilva and Irene Kollock.  She spent her early years on Long Island before relocating to , Savannah, Georgia in 1982.  She moved to Bryan County and then North Carolina for a few years before moving back to Georgia, eventually settling in Metter in 2008.  Rosalind received her bachelor’s degree from Savannah State University and worked as a Special Education teacher throughout her entire teaching career retiring nearly twenty years ago after teaching at Lanier Elementary in Bryan County for many years.  In her spare time, she enjoyed traveling, watching television, collecting lions and tiger figurines and she always loved flowers, especially roses.  In addition to her parents, her daughter, Victoria Bethea; her grandson, Keith Linton; sister, Sarah Thomas and brothers, Byron Marshall, George Fitzgerald, Johnny Johnson, Nelson Marshall, Ronald Marshall and Junior Marshall, all preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband of forty-five years, Joseph Johnson of Odum; sister, Cornelia Reed of Charlotte, North Carolina; five children, Valerie Roberts and husband, Richard of Savannah, Georgia, Manuel Marshall of Savannah, Jason Johnson of Metter, Barry Johnson of Savannah and Cookie Johnson of Brooklyn, New York; grandchildren, Shanika Marshall, Ebony Linton and wife, Ashley, Crystal Bethea, Bryan Bethea, Chevon Shellman, Nicole Roberts, J’Shaun Johnson, Jaliya Johnson, Jason Johnson, Jr., Alexis Chandler, J’Annae E. Davis and Zamari Lewis.  A host of other grand, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family members also survive.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 6, 2024 at Howard & Jones Funeral Home in Jesup.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Jessica Powell and her family for the extra special loving care they all provided to Rosalind during her illness.   

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