Caddo Obituaries: Johnson, Sr., James A.  July 18, 1974
Date Submitted:  August 22, 2006
Submitted by: Crystal Ganaway
Contact: bcjganaway@yahoo.com

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Shreveport Times

J.A. Johnson:  J.A. "Jim" Johnson, Sr., 81 of 3137 Lillian, died at 5:15am 
THursday in Houston, Texas after a sudden illness.  Mr. Johnson was a lifetime 
resident of Shreveport, a member of parkview Baptist Church and an Army 
veteran of World War I.  The retired cablesplicer was teh first moving picture 
projectionist in SHreveport.  Funeral services will be held at 10am Saturday 
in the Marshall Street Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles 
Hoy, pastor of Laurel Heights Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in 
Greenwood Cemetery.  He is survived by two sons, Dr. James A. Johnson, Jr. of 
Shreveport and Dr. Walter A. Fletcher of Houston Texas; one sister, Mrs. 
Blanche Dustin of Houston, Texas; six grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren 
and three great great grandchildren.  Pallbearers will be Thomas A. Johnson, 
James A. Johnson, WIlliam Wilcox, Patrick B. Wilkins, Melvin D. Allen and 
WIlliam R. Empfield.