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MRS. HELENA HARALSON JOHNSON A Worthy Woman, She Shall Be Praised A woman of wealth, Mrs. Helena Haralson Johnson could have lived in a fashionable home with staffs of servants, and every possible convenience. She chose in- stead to lead the life of a Christian servant—humble before her gifts of talent and success. On September 12, 1903, Mrs. Johnson joined with A. M. Burton and other businessmen in the establish- ment of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee, now one of the great business firms of the nation. She served as the first secretary of the organi- zation, until her marriage to John Thurston Johnson of Oregon in 1905. After his death in 1912, she returned to the business world and for more than twenty years supervised and trained young women employees in one of its largest departments. A cause in which Mrs. Johnson was deeply interested was that of Christian education. She gave generously to Lipscomb during its years of financial crisis. Her con- tributions helped make possible the construction of two dormitories, Sewell and Johnson Halls. From the year 1931 until her death in October of 1959, “Grandma” Johnson made her home in a modest apartment in one of the women’s dormitories, because she loved being Page 12 near the young people on the campus. In 1951, Mrs. Johnson established the Johnson Schol- arship Fund which is still made available to twenty young men and women attending Lipscomb. With A. M. Burton, she was among the first to support the Lipscomb Expansion Program, initiated in 1944 as a part of the plan to make Lipscomb a senior college. In 1952, she and Burton again teamed their resources to provide funds for the establishment of the David Lipscomb College Foundation. Desiring to leave her influence for good behind her, Mrs. Johnson collected favorite inspirational poems and thoughts and published them under the title, “Grand- ma’s Devotionals.” A year later she compiled a second book, “A Daily Dozen—Thoughts Worth Remember- ing.” These books were products of the eighty-fifth - and eighty-sixth years of a creative life. As the founder of the Johnson Scholarship Fund, author of two devotional publications, co-founder of the David Lipscomb College Foundation, and a great benefactor of the college for nearly three decades, Mrs. Helena Johnson will never be forgotten by the people associated with her in her unselfish good works.
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