Brenda K. Johnson

Brenda Sue Kinney Johnson, 80, of Asheboro, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025, at The Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Marty Grainger and Pastor Brian Faircloth officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery. Following the service, the family will receive friends at Cedar Grove Baptist Church.

Brenda was born on August 2, 1944, in Norfolk, VA., the daughter of the late Huel Kinney and Irene Cox Kinney. She was a selfless woman who loved everyone and would always put others before herself. She loved dogs and cared for many over the years. She handled the whole household, taking care of everything from canning, gardening, cooking, mowing and everything else in between. Brenda was an active and very involved member in her Baptist church community, participating in church, the nursery, Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.

In addition to her parents, Brenda was preceded in death by her son, Jeffery Martin Brown; and daughter, Nadine Elise Brown; and her beloved dog, "Smokie".

She is survived by her husband, Darrell T. Johnson of the home; daughter, Jennifer Phillips and husband Jim of Oak Island; brother, Carl Edward Kinney of Ramseur; several step grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Monday, February 10, 2025, at Ridge Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Cedar Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 3012 Old Hwy 49, Asheboro, NC 27205.