William Johnson's name has appeared more often on the sick list in this magazine than any other in recent years. Apart from the loss of a leg in the First World War, he was in almost constant pain of one kind and another, and continually in and out of hospital. But he was a most inspiring example of triumphant suffering in Christ. He was sustained by his courageous faith and the strength he received through Communion. He also had an unfailing sense of humour. After a spell of illness, he was always back at church at the earliest opportunity often at some risk to the process of recovery. He served as a member of the PCC and on the Deanery Moral Welfare Committee for some years, till increasing bad health forced him to give up. Our special sympathy to Mrs Violet Johnson, whose marriage to him lasted just over 12 months, and to his mother, aged 94, who lives at Bretforton.
