Doris was a piano and organ teacher, teaching all the way up until a few years ago. Doris was a past President of the Raleigh Music Club, and past Regent of Micajah Bullock Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. She also served on the DAR 1976 Bi-Centennial Committee, helping select and arrange the music for North Carolina Week in Washington DC. Doris was a devoted member of Tabernacle Baptist Church.
Doris is survived by her sons, Stephen N. Johnston, Jr. and wife, Bobbie, and Fitz Johnston and wife, Shannon; and grandchildren, Trip Johnston, Robert Johnston, Kyle Johnston and Meredith Coffey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen N. Johnston, Sr. and her parents, Gard and Quill Hamrick; and half-sister, Sara Lawhon.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, January 2 at 11:00am, with visitation beginning at 10:00am, at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 8304 Leesville Road, Raleigh, NC.
