Pastor Herman Grant Johnson

Pastor Herman Grant Johnson was born May 28, 1932 in Norfolk, V.A., but grew up in Richmond, VA. He was the son of the late Eva Ethel Butler.

Pastor H. Grant Johnson went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 23, 2012. He was 80 years old.

Pastor Johnson served in the U. S. Army for 3 years, stationed in Korea. In September 1983 he became a licensed minister to preach the gospel and in May 1988 he was ordained as a reverend at Canaan Institutional Baptist Church. In 1995 he branched off from Canaan Institutional Baptist Church and started his own church called The Windows of Faith Christian Center. Pastor H. G. Johnson had a great love of singing, playing musical instruments and teaching the word of God.

He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Barbara Jean Johnson. They shared one child together, Lenora Marann Delores Poole, (husband, Larry Poole) of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Two sons: Nathan Grant Johnson of Richmond, Virginia and Nathaniel Ricardo Johnson (wife, Eunice Johnson) of Atlanta, Georgia. One brother: Claude Shorty Johnson (wife, Penny Johnson) of New York, NY. He also leaves behind 11 grandchildren, 29 great- grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, church family and close friends.

He was predeceased by his sister Margret Bolter and his brother Edgar Gray