Martha Lee Briscoe Johnson

Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | July 21, 2016

Martha Lee Briscoe Johnson, 69 years old of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, quietly departed this life July 18, 2016 in Riverside Care Center, McKeesport, PA.

She was born August 22, 1946 in McKeesport, PA, daughter of the late Thomas Alexander Briscoe and Helen May Savage Briscoe.

Martha was an vital part of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in McKeesport. She served on both the Steward and Stewardess boards as well as the Finance Committee. She was also the Pastor Steward and Steward Pro Tem. As a gifted singer she sang in both the Gospel Chorus and Senior Choir and was also a Ben Harris Singer.

She was a loving homemaker for her husband and children.

Surviving are daughter, Angelica (Jaison) Lightner of Pittsburgh, PA; son, Robert Briscoe Johnson of McKeesport, PA; sister, Sylvia (Edward) Samuel of Monroeville, PA; grandson, Chico D. Houser; granddaughter, Mandy Everett; great-granddaughter, Mercedes E. Houser, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Johnson. Friends will be received from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 1350 Locust St, McKeesport, Pennsylvania 15132 where services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 22, 2016 with Rev. Yolanda Wright, officiating

Interment will follow in the McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

Local arrangements entrusted to the Robert A. Waters Funeral Home, Inc., Clairton, PA.

Originally published July 21, 2016.

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