WINSTON-SALEM Aug. 18, 1923 - Oct. 27, 2018 Bernice Evelyn "Bea" Mackoff Johnston, 95, devoted wife of Frank Johnston, Jr. for 61 years, mother of seven children, housewife, grandmother and great-grandmother, volunteer, realtor, and entrepreneur, died Saturday, October 27, 2018. Bea was born August 18, 1923, in West New York, New Jersey. After taking the lead responsibility in raising their seven children, Bea ventured into the business world. First becoming a realtor, she then decided that Winston-Salem had such a great story to tell that she and two close friends, Peggy Cochrane and Nancy O'Brien, started Tour Guides, Incorporated to help share in telling the history of Winston-Salem. She ended her business career with 20+ years at Wachovia/Wells Fargo. Bea was a tireless volunteer for Hospice, working over 20 years volunteering on the oncology floor at Forsyth Hospital. She and Frank also participated in crossing 52, a group that worked to address racial divisions in Winston-Salem. She loved nothing better than entertaining, having as many as 30 parties between Thanksgiving and Christmas to keep all of her groups of friends in touch with one another. Among them, one group of friends she developed on her bus ride to and from work at Wachovia, affectionately referred to as "the bus people." Bea was an active member of Centenary United Methodist Church for most of her life in Winston-Salem. She was one of the original members of the Lynwood Avenue-Runnymede Road Lawn Tennis Association, an amazing group of loving neighbors that, among other things, hosted a wonderful Fourth of July Parade, a Back-to-School ice cream social for the combined neighborhoods, and more importantly, took loving care of each other through life's trials and tribulations. She had a wonderful life. Bea is survived by her seven children, Pattie, Jim, Bob, Frank III, Judy, John Mac, and Peter. Bea had the blessing of many grandchildren and even a few great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to either Centenary Methodist Church or Arbor Acres Arborview. Condolences may be made online at www.salemfh.com.