Donna Raye Barrett Johnson

Donna Raye Barrett Johnson was born in Charlotte, NC at Presbyterian Hospital on August 29, 1945. She died at home, in Randleman, NC, under hospice care from a chronic illness which she bravely battled for five months. She passed into God’s hands on January 18, 2025. She faced death as she faced her life, with a stoic, steadfast acceptance of life’s joys and misfortunes and a belief that everything ultimately happens for the greatest good.

Visitation for Donna will take place Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 2:00 – 2:50 pm at Pugh Funeral Home, 600 S. Main St., in the Eddie Pugh Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 3:00 pm with Reverend Kaye H. Fry and Reverend Joe Collins officiating. 

Donna’s career started early in life as her father passed away when she was just sixteen and was obliged to work in a textile factory to support herself and help her family. In spite of this adversity, she graduated from Garinger High School in Charlotte in 1963.

Donna’s work history spanned 48 years and included positions with Southern Bell as a telephone operator and as a customer service manager for Avery Products plant in Charlotte, NC. Her last position was a 20-year tenure with the NC Department of Revenue in Greensboro, NC. Donna always gave selflessly of her time, energy, and treasure, to her family and others in need. She considered her life’s work to be a loving daughter, mother, grandmother, and wife. She was fabulously successful in all these positions.

From her birth till her moving to Randleman, Donna was a member of the Johnston Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. After moving to Randleman, she joined the First United Methodist Church and later, Mt. Lebanon Methodist in her new hometown. In all these churches, she was an active member of the women’s group and loved to work in the kitchen on functions that required serving food. 

Donna was preceded in death by her mother, Lillie Marcella Lyles; father, Paul Buford Barrett; and her cherished aunts, Inez Jones and Sara Tucker all who lived in Charlotte. 

She is survived by her husband, Dock Johnson; daughters, Lona Faye Johnson and Kelly Raye Chapa; three grandchildren; two nephews; and her brother, Curtis Barrett of Marietta, Georgia. 

In lieu of flowers, donations in Donna’s honor can be made to Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 119 W. River Drive, Randleman, NC 27317.

Pugh Funeral Home is honored to serve the Johnson family.