Obituaries:  Mrs. Cleo Grantham Wood Johnson, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       J-525
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 29, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Cleo Grantham Wood Johnson

  Funeral services for Mrs. Cleo Grantham Wood Johnson, 83, were
held at 2 p.m., on Monday, May 27, in the Coushatta Rose-Neath
Chapel, with the Rev. Ray Dyess, and the Rev. J. P. King
officiating. Burial was held in the Zion Cemetery at Fairview
Alpha.

  Mrs. Johnson was a native of Red River Parish, and a resident of
Sabine and Natchitoches Parishes for most of her life. She was a
member of the First Baptist Church of Pleasant Hill, La., and was
a member of the Jordan Ferry Baptist Church for many years. She
was an active member of the Red River Associational WMU for many
years. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Claudie Lee
Wood, and Robert Melvin Johnson; her children, Elinor Wood Roddy,
Edwin Ray Wood, and Frances Kay Wood; and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Grantham.

  She is survived by one son, Charles "Bub" Wood and wife Jean of
Jordan Ferry, La.; daughters, Doris Lee W. Stevens and husband
Roland of Belle Chasse, Lurline Wood Dykes of Pleasant Hill,
Marcia W. Mitchell and husband Roy of Marthaville, La., Carolyn
W. Gewin and husband Clarence of Pleasant Hill; son-in-law, Tom
Roddy of Bossier City; sisters, Mabel Sackman of Lafayette, La.,
Shirley Youngblood of Coushatta, and Evelyn Youngblood of Baton
Rouge, La.; one brother, L. E. Grantham of Port Allen, La.; 14
grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and a host of relatives
and friends.

  Pallbearers will be Benton Johnson, grandsons, and grand
sons-in-law.

  Memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, or the
charity of donor's choice.