Joy Nelson Johnson

Background

Johnson, Joy Nelson was born on August 14, 1926 in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of James T. and Besse Marie (Liddle) Nelson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Franklin College Indiana, 1947.

Career

Social case worker Indiana Public Welfare Department, 1947—1948, Child Guidance Service, Lexington, Kentucky, 1966—1967. Substitute public school teacher Middletown, Connecticut, 1948—1949, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1968—1971. Nursery school teacher Middletown, 1949—1950.

Member Okaloosa County Textbook Eval. Committee Public Schools, Florida, 1974—1980.

Achievements

• Joy Nelson Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy social worker, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Citizens Advisory Council Operations Outreach, 1972—1973. Member, home econs advisory committee Okaloosa-Walton Junior College, 1979—1983, member, advisory committee student recruitment and retention, since 1983. Member of American Association of University Women (director, Florida division 1971-1973, branch director since 1967, branch president 1971-1973, Service Honorary award 1982), Panhellenic Association Fort Walton Beach Area, History Society Okaloosa and Walton Counties, Order Eastern Star Club, Florida Federation Women's Club, Delta Delta Delta.

Connections

Married Howard A. Johnson, July 19, 1947. Children: Howard Arthur, Kraig N.

Father:

James T. Nelson

Mother:

Besse Marie (Liddle) Nelson

Spouse:

Howard A. Johnson

child:

Howard Arthur Johnson

child:

Kraig N. Johnson