Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson

Interment Location Visited  
Hampton, VA June 8, 2024  

Photographed June 8, 2024.
Photographed June 8, 2024.
Photographed June 8, 2024.
Photographed June 8, 2024.

Fast Facts

Born: August 26, 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Spouses: James Francis Goble (m. 1939-1956); James Arthur Johnson (m. 1959-2019)

Presidential Medal of Freedom: Awarded by Barack Obama (2015)

Congressional Gold Medal: 2019

Died: February 24, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia

Age: 101

Interment: Hampton Memorial Gardens, Hampton, Virginia

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