Marie J. Hargett

Marie Johnson Hargett, died May 12, 2011 She was born on June 15, 1925 in Mocksville, N.C., to Philip Jefferson Johnson and Marie Allison Johnson. She received a Bachelor of Music from Greensboro College and M.A. in piano from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Marie was an Assistant Professor of Music at Queens College and Morehead State University for over 15 years before establishing her private studio in Greenup, Ky., in 1976. She was an active member of the Greenup Presbyterian Church and served as church organist until she moved to Md., to be near her family. She is remembered as a talented performer and energetic and patient teacher who was always willing to give her time and attention to both her students and professional colleagues. She served as the first President and first Piano Chairperson for the N.C. Music Teachers Association. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Hargett, of Charlotte, N.C., and sister Gussie Johnson Wolfe. She is survived by her sister Phyllis Johnson McNeill and brother in-law, Robert S. McNeill of Bowie, Md., and nieces Ann Marie McNeill, Chapel Hill, N.C., and Elizabeth McNeill Walker, Austin, Tex., and nephew Robert McNeill, Jr., Crofton, Md. The family will have a private ceremony, after which she will be interned in the Johnson family plot in the Rose Cemetery, Mocksville, N.C. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the N.C. Music Teachers Association, c/o Diane Higgins, Scholarship Chair, 4625 Mullens Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28226-5040.