Our dearest Beverly May Collier passed peacefully at age 79 after a long battle fighting cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents Ira Quinby and Della May Collier, and brother Fayette Collier.
She is survived by her husband Don R. Johnson, brother Quinby Collier Jr., sister Betty Shaw (Harold), daughter Kimberly Cothran, son David Champion (Kristy), stepdaughters Jennifer Johnson-Spence, Monica Johnson-Parkhill (Michael), Anna Bowen, and Rebekah Williams (Kevin), nine grandchildren including Michael Cothran, Jr. (Michelle), Norah Cothran, Makayla Champion, Kyndall Gray (Chase), Dalayni Champion, Madison Parkhill (Brooke), Merrick Parkhill, Ryan Williams, and Jacob Williams. Also surviving is her former husband, Ron Champion.
Beverly was born in Hampton, Virginia and graduated from the University of North Florida with both her Bachelor and Master degrees in Education. She was a lifetime educator and a principal in several schools.
Beverly had an extremely caring personality and was an advocate for social justice issues during her lifetime. She will continue to be in the hearts of those who knew and loved her and the legacy she created will continue in all those she touched.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Calliope Circus Creative Arts Center in Stuart, Virgina on October 5th, 2024, at 1pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent in her honor and memory to either the Equal Justice Initiative (eji.org), which works to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality or to the Transitions Hospice Care (transitonslifecare.org)
