OBIT: Boyd T. Johnson, 2002, Boyle Co. 
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From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 14 Mar 2002

MServices for Boyd T. Johnson, 77, of Nancy Drive will be 2 p.m. Saturday 
at West End Church of Christ by the Rev. Mike Crowe. Burial will be in
 Bellevue Cemetery.

He died Wednesday at his home. 

Born July 21, 1924, in Boyle County, he was the son of the late Arthur 
and Laura Tarkington Johnson. He was a salesman for Stuart Powell Ford 
and recognized as a 300 and 500 Club Master Salesman of Ford Motor Co. 
He attended West End Church of Christ and had been member of the 1942 
class at Danville High School. 

He was a member of American Legion Boyle Post 46. He was a World War 
II Army veteran. He was a corporal and served after the war in Occupied 
Japan to help to form the new Japanese government. 

He also was a member of Old Bridge Golf Club and a former member of 
Dix River Country Club.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth Baugh Johnson; a daughter, Peggy 
Bechtold of Greenville, S.C.; a brother, Joe A. Johnson of Danville; 
three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Stuart Powell, Gary Gibson, Clyde Jackson, Bill 
Zagar, Skip Hogue, Andy Pungratz and Don Mize. Honorary pallbearers 
are Dr. William Pesci, George White, Jim Crouch and employees of Stuart 
Powell Ford.

Visitation is after 4 p.m. Friday.

Memorials may go to Heritage Hospice or West End Church of Christ.