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Thanks to Carolyn Stokes and Cathy Traylor Sink, I learned just yesterday of Carolyn Bagnal Johnson's passing. I was particularly saddened because I had known Carolyn since the second grade at Wiley. I csn still visualize her coming into the Wiley School classroom looking so cute and smiling. She was always a very nice, very smart young lady. I didn't see her much in our older years, but it was our great privilege for Carolyn to have been a part of the RJR62 Class. We know she led an exemplary life and had a wonderful family. We send out out prayers to her family and ask God's blessing on her. May Carolyn rest in peace, and we ask God's blessing on her. Respectfully submitted, Danny Ferguson
Carolyn Bagnal Johnson Obituary
Carolyn Bagnal Johnson, 79, passed away peacefully in her home on September 15, 2024. Born on November 15, 1944, Carolyn was a lifelong resident of Winston-Salem, where she treasured spending time with her family and friends. A kind and gentle spirit, Carolyn had a warm smile for everyone she met.
Carolyn embarked on her educational journey at Wiley School, later graduating from R.J. Reynolds High School. She attended Guilford College before working as a bank teller for NCNB. Carolyn also worked in the Medical Park Hospital Admissions Department, and in the Cashier and Collections Departments at WFU Baptist Hospital. Carolyn later worked on staff at A New Leaf. Through her career opportunities, Carolyn enjoyed meeting people and fostering friendships.
A person of deep faith, Carolyn grew up attending First Baptist Church of Winston-Salem with her parents and siblings. She married Jon Johnson, the love of her life, in the chapel at First Baptist on April 24, 1965. Together, they attended Jon's home church, First United Church of Christ, and joined Highland Presbyterian Church during their daughter Joyce's elementary school years.
Carolyn had been an active member at Women's Wellness, and later the YMCA, enjoying a variety of classes and friendships. She enjoyed planting flowers around her home, reading and doing word puzzles, and cherished her role as MiMi to her grandchildren, Madeline and Richmond.
Carolyn leaves behind her loving husband, Jon Linwood Johnson; daughter, Joyce Johnson Griner and son-in-law Richmond L. Griner, II; granddaughter, Madeline (Maddy) Griner Boone and her husband John Boone; grandson, Richmond L. Griner, III; brother, Dick Bagnal; sister, Patsy Bagnal; and many nieces, nephews, and family members, all of whom she loved dearly. Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents, Richard Lofton Bagnal, Sr. and Margaret Austin Bagnal, and her sister, Margaret (Peggy) Broderson.
A memorial service to celebrate Carolyn's life and resurrection will be held at Highland Presbyterian Church on Saturday, September 28, at 11:00 am.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations made to Second Harvest Food Bank of NWNC, a charity close to Carolyn's heart.
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Kathleen Traylor (Sink)
Carolyn and I were great friends at Wiley and Reynolds. She, Diane Way, Mary Wolfe, and I even formed a little quartet called the "Moonbeams" which performed at various civic clubs and other venues. We had many sleepovers at each other's homes, and I will never forget the hospitality extended to me by her lovely and gracious parents. I was invited to spend a summer week at her grandparents' home at Garden City Beach when we were in 7th or 8th grade, and her patient daddy tried his best to get me up on water skis! Carolyn and I carpooled together to the first day of our senior year at Reynolds. She was one of the sweetest, kindest, and most thoughtful persons I have known in my life. Although a group of us from RJR (Carolyn, Diane Way, Pam Murray, Sherri Hine, and Harriet Nanzetta) got together a few times in recent years , I had not seen her in a good while. My life was enriched by her presence, and my deepest condolences go out to her loved ones.