Obituaries: Minnie McManus Johnson, 1963, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 25, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For Mrs. M. Johnson At Verda April 25

Mrs. Minnie Johnson, 79, of Verda, died at 7:55 a.m. April 24 in a Winnfield
hospital following a brief illness.  She was a native of the Atlanta-Verda
area and was a member of the Verda Baptist Church.

Final rites were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Verda
Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Calhoun officiating.  Burial was in the Verda
Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

The following grandsons acted as pallbearers: James Lawrence Johnson, James
Reed Johnson, L. B. Dubois, Bryan Hines, Larry Dyson, and Dr. Raymond Collier.

Survivors include two sons, James B. Johnson of Verda and M. S. Johnson of
Atlanta; four daughters, Mrs. A. B. Collier of Atlanta, Mrs. Alvin Dyson of
Cameron, La., Mrs. John A. Watts of El Paso, Texas, and Mrs. C. M. Baker of
Minden.

She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Bernice Tarver of Winnfield; two brothers,
S. L. McManus of Atlanta and Vincent McManus of Port Arthur, Texas; 22
grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.