Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnston, Edward Callendar, Sr. May 22, 2017
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Virginian-Pilot May 24, 2017
Norfolk - Edward C. Johnston, 91, died May 22, 2017. He was a native and 
lifelong resident of Norfolk and was the son of the late James Brooks Johnston 
and Virginia Callender Johnston. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Lou 
Fentress Johnston, his son, Edward Callender Johnston, Jr., his daughter, Nancy 
Johnston Byrd and her husband, Allen Byrd, his brother, James B. Johnston, Jr., 
his sister, Virginia Clements, and his grandson, Kenneth William Knight, II. Mr. 
Johnston was a wrangler in New Mexico for a formative time during his youth and 
later he graduated from Belmont Abby Prep School, going on to attend the Norfolk 
Division of William and Mary. He served his country honorably in the Virginia 
National Guard as a Sergeant in the 111 Field Artillery, 29th Division. He was 
the Founder and President of Albemarle Supply Company--a janitorial and paper 
supply company--from 1956 to 2006. He was a member and former Vestryman of the 
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Norfolk, and Charter member of Suburban 
Kiwanis Club. He was a member of Owens Masonic Lodge #164 and the Khedive 
Temple. He was a board member of the Girls' Club of Norfolk, and he was also a 
long-serving member of the Board of Trustees for the Norfolk Botanical Garden. 
Mr. Johnston loved spending time at his Sandbridge cottage, was an avid golfer, 
and a great friend to many; he was known for his generosity and willingness to 
assist numerous people in times of need. He is survived by his brother, Robert 
Ross Johnston of Virginia Beach, two grandchildren, Matthew P. Knight and 
Kristen Johnston Robertson and her husband, Terry, and two great-grandchildren, 
T. J. and Faith Robertson. Funeral services will be at the Episcopal Church of 
the Ascension on Friday at 12:00P.M. Burial will be private at Elmwood Cemetery, 
Norfolk, VA. The family will receive friends in the Norfolk Chapel of H.D. 
Oliver Funeral Apts. Thursday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. Memorial donations may be 
made to the Church of the Ascension at 405 Talbot Hall Road, Norfolk 23505, or 
the Norfolk Botanical Garden, 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk 23518. Online 
condolences may be offered to the family at hdoliver.com.

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