Extracted from The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Saturday, September 28, 2002

Mrs. Ella Johnson Richards

DURHAM -- Mrs. Ella Johnson Richards, 86, of 205 Emerald Pond Lane, died Friday at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be the Rev. Mike Capps.

Mrs. Richards was born April 18, 1916 in Johnston County to the late Elder Luther Johnson and Lessie Lee Johnson.

Mrs. Richards was a retired secretary, with the State of North Carolina.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyd Richards and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Goldsboro.

Surviving include: sons, Michael Richards of Chapel Hill and Stephen Richards of Spring Valley, Ohio; brother, Henry M. Johnson of Naples, FL; three grandchildren, Danielle Roney, Kathleen Richards, and Hilary Richards.

The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home immediately following the memorial service.