Maggie Johnson Monroe

Maggie Johnson Monroe  (July 29, 1905 – 1986) was born in Edgecombe County to Benjamin Sr. and Mary Jane Johnson. Maggie met and married Willie Monroe, who was born April 15, 1906. To this union nine children were born. They were Authalus, Dorothy Lee, Mary Jane, Willa Jean, Doretha, William, Samuel Lee and Helen Monroe. Maggie was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, where she served on the Mother’s Board.

When Maggie’s baby son, Samuel Lee, died from a car accident, it took Maggie many years to recover from his death. Samuel was driving when a storm developed. He had one of his nephews (Richard Batts) in the car. He was on his way to pick his mother up from fishing when he hit the bridge rail, killing him instantly and injuring Richard. Samuel was sixteen years of age when he died in 1955.

Maggie and Willie Monroe lived on the Powell Farm in Edgecombe County where they farmed. Her husband, Willie, died first and Maggie died in a nursing home in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. They were buried in Unity Cemetery in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.