East Cobb business and civic leader Johnny Johnson dies

East Cobb Citizen of the Year, Barbara Rhodes
Johnny Johnson presented Brenda Rhodes of Simple Needs GA the 2018 East Cobb Citizen of the Year Award. Johnson was a former recipient of the honor. (ECN file).

Johnny Johnson, the owner of a jewelry store in East Cobb, a former member of the Cobb Board of Education and a longtime community leader, died on Wednesday.

The East Cobb-based Kiwanis Club of Marietta Golden K said that Johnson, who turned 75 in December, died of complications from COVID-19.

“Johnny was a great Kiwanian and leaves a legacy of passion and service that is rare but sets a high standard which we should all strive to emulate.”

For more than 40 years, Johnson was the owner of Edward-Johns Jewelers, located at Woodlawn Square Shopping Center on Johnson Ferry Road for many years until moving to the nearby Regency Park office building in 2018.

He served on the Cobb school board from 1997-2008, one of many public roles he took on after settling in the East Cobb area in the 1970s.

He was a leader of the East Cobb Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, which names a citizen of the year each fall. After being named an East Cobb Citizen of the Year, Johnson had the honor of presenting future recipients with the same award.

Johnson also dressed up as Santa Claus for the Holiday Lights celebration at East Cobb Park, riding in on a sleigh and visiting with children.

Each December he would dress up as Santa at his Edward-Johns store and pose for free pictures with children.

Johnson was an active member of the Golden K Kiwanis, as well as Kiwanis International and its board of trustees, and was a past president of the Cobb County YMCA.

Holiday Lights East Cobb Park

 

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