Shirley Ann Canady Johnson

SHIRLEY (SHACK) ANN JOHNSON, 65, RESIDENT OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, PASSED
AWAY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, JUNE 4, 2013 AT KOBACKER HOUSE.
SHE WAS BORN IN VINTON, OHIO, ON JULY 2, 1947, THE DAUGHTER OF DAVE
AND MARY CANADY. SHE WAS THE 9TH OF TEN CHILDREN AND THE YOUNGEST
GIRL. SHIRLEY ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM NORTH GALLIA HIGH
SCHOOL. SHIRLEY MOVED TO COLUMBUS, OHIO TO FIND WORK AND HAS RESIDED
AT “1218 E. 20TH” FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHIRLEY WAS MARRIED TO
MUEZJUNTO DEMUNGUEZ EL-TURROUZ JOHNSON ON MAY 28, 1978 IN
BIDWELL, OHIO IN WHICH THEIR UNION PRODUCED 3 CHILDREN, HOWEVER SHE
RAISED AND LOVED ALL HER STEP-CHILDREN AS “HER OWN” AND NEVER MADE
ANY DIFFERENCE OF THE FACT.
SHIRLEY IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED PARENTS DAVE (1975) AND
MARY (1973) CANADY, HER LOVING SPOUSE MUEZJUNTO JOHNSON SR. (1992)
AND THE FOLLOWING SIBLINGS: BEN CANADA (1987), VIRGINIA DOTSON
(2013), ALBERTA WILLIAMS (2001), LORENZO CANADY (2009), ETHEL MAYS
(2009), RUTH SMITH (1996), ROBERT CANADY (2010). SHIRLEY IS SURVIVED
BY 2 BROTHERS, JIMMIE (LATONYA) CANADY, AND DARRYL CANADA; AND 7
CHILDREN: MELISSA (ROLLAND) HARRIS, LAQUANTA AUSTIN, MUEZJUANA
JOHNSON, MARGO CANADY-JOHNSON, MUEZJUNTO (SHALONDA) JOHNSON JR.,
KEVIN STEWART, TRUZJUILLIO JOHNSON; 10 GRANDCHILDREN, RAQUELLE AND
ROLLAND HARRIS, MYLIZAH AND MILAN JOHNSON, MONDRA CURRY, EZEKIEL
HALL, NAIYLAH SABIR, DEMARCE JOHNSON, STEPHANIE AND KEVIN STEWART
JR.. SHE LEAVES BEHIND A NUMBER OF LOVING MEMORIES AND A HOST OF
NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND IN-LAWS WHOM SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN AS "AUNT SHACK".
SHE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HER WORKING CAREER AND RETIRED IN 2003
FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING
SERVICES IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. SHE WAS LOVED BY HER MANY
"WORKERS" AND ALWAYS PROVIDED THEM WITH UNDERSTANDING AND CARE.