Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Royal C. "Sam" 1965
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Hastings Banner, 14 Jul 1965

Sam Johnson Of Race Fame Dies Tuesday

Royal C. (Sam) Johnson, 76, R2 Lake Odessa, well-known harness race horse owner
and enthusiast, died at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday at Ionia County Memorial Hospital.  He
had been admitted Sunday evening.  Mr. Johnson was born April 23, 1889, in
Odessa Township, in the home where he lived his entire life.  His parents were
Frank and Abigail (Phillips) Johnson.  On Aug. 24, 1914, he married Marjorie
Stevens of Brinton.

A retired rural mail carrier and farmer, Mr. Johnson was district director of
the U.S. Trotting Association, superintendent of speed of the Southern Michigan
Racing Circuit, the Ionia Free Fair and the Michigan Harness Association.  He
raced his own horses on many of Michigan’s tracks.

He was a member of F. & A.M. Lodge No. 395, was a former member of the Lake
Odessa Board of Education and Lake Odessa Fair Association and was active in
many other civic organizations.

Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife; one son, Robert of Belding; a daughter,
Mrs. Chester (Betty) Anderson of Grand Haven; seven grandchildren; one great
grandchild; a brother, Thomas of Lake Odessa, and a sister, Miss Gail Johnson of
Spokane, Wash.

The body reposes at the Pickens Chapel in Lake Odessa where services will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday.


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