Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Johnson, Harrel Brown Sr. May 31, 1969
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The Brunswick News; Monday 2 June 1969; pg. 3 col. 1

H.B. JOHNSON, 48, DIES ON SATURDAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL

Harrel Brown Johnson, Sr., 48, died at the Brunswick hospital Saturday after a 
short illness.

He had lived in Glynn County since 1945, and had been living on Jekyll Island 
for the past three years.  He was bleach plant operator at Brunswick Pulp and 
Paper Company.

He was a veteran of World War II and retired from the National Guard as a 
major about four years ago.  He was a member of Ocean Lodge 214 F. & A.M., and 
a member of the Jekyll Island Lions Club.  He was also a member, steward, and 
on the board of trustees of the Jekyll Island United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Doris Kelly Johnson; a son, Harrel Brown 
Johnson, Jr., student at the University of Georgia; three sisters, Mrs. W.E. 
James of Jacksonville, Mrs. R.W. Dixon of Palatka, and Mrs. Howard Wilder of 
Jacksonville; two brothers, C.A. and Richie Johnson, both of Brunswick; 
several uncles, one being Styles B. Allen with whom he was reared in 
Blackshear; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services, under the direction of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, 
were held at 3 p.m. today in the Jekyll Island Methodist Church, with the Rev. 
Terry DeLoach and the Rev. David Hudson officiating.  Interment was in 
Brunswick Memorial Park Cemetery with military rites and Masonic rites at the 
graveside.

Active pallbearers were Calhoun Colvin, Rev. Mallory S. May, III, Ed Blanton, 
C.L. Major, Herman Bluestein, John P. Fowler, Blanton Lovin, J. Hunter Hopkins.

Honorary:  official board of the Jekyll Island Unite Methodist Church, Ocean 
Lodge 214, Jekyll Island Lions Club, and E.G. Lambright, T.S. Hutcherson, 
Robert C. Smith, W.R. Dart, R.J. Cribb, Sidney G. Youngner, Tom W. Adams, J.F. 
Symons, Jr., J.A. D’Emillio, F.A. Graham, Manuel L. Loudermilk, Andrew H. 
Tostensen, Jr., Ernest Crandall, C.W. Hogeboom and Ned Quarterman.


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