Anne (Heywood) Johnson |
| Posted 2009-01-23 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Anne Heywood-Johnson, anthropologist and member of a pioneer Arizona family, died Sunday after an 11-year battle against breast cancer. She was 48. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Joe and Sarah Bell Mayer, who opened a stage station on Big Bug Creek, 30 miles south of Prescott, in the 1870s and who later incorporated it as the town of Mayer. Her great aunt, Maime Mayer, was secretary to Arizona's first Governor Hunt. Her great-grandparents were Burr and Sarah Annie Mayer, whose son Joe H. Mayer was Anne's grandfather. She studied at Northern Arizona University, during which time she was employed at Museum of Northern Arizona. While attending NAU, she made friends in the Navajo and Hopi Nations, who welcomed her into their sacred and traditional ceremonies and taught her their stories. Her area of special interest was the Ancient Middle East. Among her family and friends she earned acclaim as a storyteller, bringing to life obscure mysteries of the ancients and personalities and events from the Bible. Earlier this year, she attended the first Annual Women As Global Leaders conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She loved traveling with her children exploring remote ruins, national parks, camping and river rafting. She is survived by her children, Sigrid Anne "Sia" Johnson, James M. Johnson, Jacqueline Zoe Johnson and Thomas C. Johnson, all of Flagstaff and sixth-generation Arizona residents; mother Dolores M. "Dee" Davis of Yucca Valley, Calif; and brother Michael R. Phillips of Dana Point, Calif. She was preceded in death by her father, Hal. R. Heywood. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements are by Norvel Owens Mortuary. |
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