Joan D. Diggs Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Joan D. Diggs of East Haven, Connecticut, born in Washington, District of Columbia, who passed away on June 1, 2021, at the age of 80, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Joan D. Diggs or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was predeceased by: her parents, William Lloyd Johnson and Marie Ann West Johnson; and her siblings, William Johnson Jr., Harold Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Yolanda Black, Muriel Brawner and Ann Anderson.

She is survived by: her children, Frederick James Diggs Jr., David Monroe Diggs (Lisa Crutchfield Diggs) and Kimberly Ann Cook (Joseph L. Cook); her grandchildren, Frederick James Diggs III (Joaquin Jimenez), Erik S. Diggs (Ashley Colon), Jordan K. Diggs (Emily Diggs), Aja M. Diggs (Spencer Jones), Phaedra M. Diggs, Natalie A. Brown (Franky St), Samir A. Lee and Dominique Wilson (Anthony Wilson); her great grandchildren, Shanelle-Inanna Marisol Diggs, Theodore Emmitt Diggs, Jordan Wilson and Avery Wilson; her brother-in-law Laurence Diggs (Wenifer Diggs); her siblings, Maurice Johnson (Elsie Johnson), Camille Collins and Lois Marcus; her sister-in-law Barbara Johnson; and her nieces, Robin Griffin, Regina A. Wright and Stephanie Booth. She is also survived by relatives, friends.