Lincoln County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, James Truley October 25, 1983
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The Daily Leader, Ruston LA, 26 Oct 1983
Dr. James Truley Johnson, 70, of Ruston, died Tuesday in Lincoln General 
Hospital following a short illness.  Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday 
in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston, with Dr. Joe Blair 
officiating, assisted by Dr. Merlin Merrill.  Burial will be in Welcome Home 
Cemetery in Grayson under the direction of Kilpatrick’s.  Johnson was a native 
of Caldwell Parish, and a 1934 graduate of Louisiana Tech University, where he 
obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting.  He received his master’s in 
1935 and a doctorate in 1958, both from Louisiana State University.  He became 
a certified public accountant in 1948.  From 1935 to 1943, Johnson served as 
instructor and head of the commerce department at Northeast Junior College in 
Monroe.  From 1943 to 1945, he served as an Ensign and Lt. J.G. of the United 
States Naval Reserves.  After serving as an associate professor and professor 
of accounting at University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Johnson 
returned to Tech in 1948 where he served as a professor of accounting.  He 
later became professor and director of graduate studies for Tech’s College of 
Administration and Business.  Johnson authored numerous publications and was a 
member of the Louisiana Society of CPAs, as well as two national honorary 
fraternities, Beta Alpha Psi and Phi Kappa Phi.  He was a member of the First 
Baptist Church of Ruston.  Johnson is survived by his wife, Myldred Simmons 
Johnson of Ruston; one son, James Robert Johnson of West Monroe; one daughter, 
Truly Ann Juneau of Lafayette; one sister, Alma Murrell of Columbia; and six 
grandchildren.

Additional Comments:
Dr Johnson was the son James Lebbrous JOHNSON and Francis Samantha Idella MAY. 
He married (1) Mada Louise GOZA on 19 Sep 1937 in Ouachita Parish LA, and (2) 
Myldred SIMMONS on 27 Dec 1961.

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