Slipping into Darkness

About the Book

My story will start in 2000. I’m a funeral director by profession, and I was employed with a prominent funeral home in San Francisco, for several years. I had a nice home, money, nice vehicle, and all the trimmings. I worked very hard for the position that I had with a funeral home in San Francisco. The year was especially hard for me as the owner, Mrs. Williams, had lung cancer and did not have long to live. We had grown to love each other, and she took me as a daughter as she did not have any children, and no one in their family was interested in the business. Mrs. Williams trusted me to supervise her business. She always said to me that when she turned sixty-five, I would take over the business.

About the Author

H. Virginia Johnson was born in the Southeastern part of Pennsylvania. She lived with her Mother and her Aunt, Hazel M. Leslie until her Mother relocated to New York to Seek employment and left her in the care of her Sister. She was educated within the Philadelphia school system and lived with her Aunt until she passed away in the Summer of 1968. H. Virginia relocated to the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York to live with her Parents, Patricia A. Farley and John F. Farley. After a few years the family moved to Queens, New York. She continued her studies within the New York City school system and is a 1976 graduate of Midwood High School. After graduation she returned to Pennsylvania to live with her Aunt Ida and her Husband Robert (Bunny) Brooks. She attended Cheyney University majoring in Psychology and Law. She is a 1980 graduate of the American Academy McAlllisters Institute of Funeral Service. She holds a Funeral Directors License in the great state of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She is a member of The Order of The Eastern Star, State of New York. Her Father passed away in April of 2017. She currently lives with her Mother in New York.