Background
Johnson, Jessie Jones was born on March 24, 1924 in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Mack Astor and Lula Delta (Billings) Jones.
Johnson, Jessie Jones was born on March 24, 1924 in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Mack Astor and Lula Delta (Billings) Jones.
Bachelor of Arts in English, University North Carolina, 1949. Postgraduate, Cornell University, 1957. Postgraduate, State University of New York, Albany, 1959.
Postgraduate, Skidmore College, 1984.
Columnist, Schenectady (New York) Gazette, 1950-1955;
magazine feature writer, Niskayuna (New York) Bulletin, 1957-1981;
public relations director, Bellevue Women's Hospital, Niskayuna, 1967-1975;
medical scriptwriter, Station WGY Radio, Niskayuna, 1970-1977;
newspaper columnist, The Blue Ridge Sun, Sparta, North Carolina, 1990-1993. Correspondent secretary Women's Press Club of New York State, Albany, 1970-1971. President International Toastmistress, Schenectady, 1965.
3d vice president American Association of University Women, Schenectady,1969.
Bicentennial chairman Town of Niskayuna, 1974-1980. Member associate National Trust for History Preservation, Washington. Member Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, North Carolina Preservation Trust, Raleigh, North Carolina, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, Montgomery, Alabama, 1993-1997.
Member Women's Press Club.
Married Peter Dexter Johnson Senior, October 3, 1943 (September 1978). Children: Peter Dexter Junior, Carol Osborne Johnson Haigh, William Todd.