Nancy Titus Johnson

Nancy Titus Johnson

March 16th, 1967 - November 2nd, 2025

Nancy Titus Johnson, age 58, passed away on Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 at home, surrounded by the love and comfort of her family.

In addition to her husband of 34 years, David Johnson, she is survived by her brother, Curtis Elliot Titus, and his wife, Vivian, of Saugus, MA; her sisters, Dr. Margaret A. Titus and her husband, Dr. Gaku Ashiba, of Roseville, MN; Pamela Titus Boyd and her husband, Bradley Boyd, of DeLand, FL; Laura Titus Tang and her husband, Dr. Chi Tang, of Charlotte, NC; and Dr. Lavinia Resor Law Hultgren (nee Titus) and her husband, Geoff Hultgren, of Oregonia, OH; as well as her children, Autumn Johnson of Nashville, TN; Forrest Johnson and his wife, Isabella Johnson, of Charlotte, NC; Danae Johnson of Boone, NC; Acadia Johnson of Greensboro, NC; and her grandson, Daniel Titus Johnson.

She was born on March 16th, 1967 in Danbury, CT along with her twin sister Laura, to Nancy Noyes Grimes and Curtis Vest Titus. She graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School in 1985, Williams College in 1989 with a B.A. in Biology, and Ohio University in 1991 with an M.S. in Zoology. She married David Johnson on August 17th, 1991.

Deeply moved by a passion for the Gospel, she and her husband moved to Almaty, Kazakhstan in December 1994 as full-time missionaries. During the 13 years they spent in Kazakhstan they ministered to high school and college age students through English clubs, developed an evangelism program through their local church and helped a local pastor plant a church. While in Almaty, Nancy wrote and published a cookbook of her favorite recipes, in English and Russian. People still use her recipes to this day. All four of her children were born in the US while she was living in Kazakhstan: Autumn (1997), Forrest (2000), Danae (2003), and Acadia (2006).

Nancy began teaching alongside her husband in Dongguan, China in 2008, then in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2011, then in Dongguan, China in 2014, and Tirana, Albania in 2019. While Nancy moved on to full time teaching, her heart to share the good news of Jesus Christ never changed and she continued to share the love of Christ through the way she raised her children, taught her students, and opened her home to people in every country she lived. Her hospitality was her ministry throughout her life.

Contributions in Nancy’s memory may be made to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association or the CJD Foundation.

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association https://giving.billygraham.org/

CJD Foundation at https://secure.qgiv.com/event/cjdfoundation_ptp/donate

A Celebration of Life will be Saturday, November 8th, 2025, 3:00PM at The Burg Church, 7155 Hickory Ridge Rd, Harrisburg, NC 28075

Hartsell Funeral Home of Concord is serving the Johnson family.