Editor’s note: Fifty Plus is a weekly feature that provides a look at area senior citizens, their accomplishments and their life experiences. Fifty Plus prospects are asked to fill out a questionnaire concerning their lives.
This week’s Fifty Plus takes a look at Hattie Bond Johnson, a retired teacher who lives in Washington.
Where are you from originally?
Windsor.
When did you move here? Why?
1977. Husband transferred to Washington (job).
To what clubs/church do you belong?
Spring Garden Missionary Baptist Church, member of Church Sunday Schools Education Ministry, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, N.C. Retired School Personnel, National Education Association.
Education (list schools, starting with high school), Mary Patter Academy, Oxford; N.C. A&T State University, Greensboro; UNC-Greensboro and East Carolina University.
If you weren’t doing what you are doing now, what would you be doing?
Would like to be a world traveler.
If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Establish a nonprofit organization to help the less-fortunate.
What is the thing most people don’t know about you?
Love going to the theater.
What is your favorite food?
Broccoli salad.
What’s the last book you read?
“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy.
What is your favorite TV show?
“60 Minutes.”
Where would you go on your dream vacation?
Australia.
What is your pet peeve?
Poor time management, not being punctual.
What’s the best advice you ever received and who gave it to you?
Say what you mean and mean what you say. My husband.
What’s the biggest difference between life as a senior as opposed to below age 30?
Flexible schedule.
Compiled by Mike Voss