JOHNSON OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== JOHNSON, Eunice Waugh BENEZETTE 1884 - 1963 Mrs. George Johnson a lifelong Henry Countian dies. Last rites for Mrs. George (Eunice) Johnson, 79, who died Monday, Dec. 23, 1963 at Clinton General Hospital after a long illness, were conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday Dec. 26 at Schaberg`s Southside Chapel. The Rev. William Warmsley officiating. Organist Mrs. Pauline Marks accompanied a quartet from Garland Baptist Church, of which church Mrs. Johnson had been a member for fifty years, and where she attended regularly as long as health permitted. Pallbearers were Earl Bushman, A. D. Clark, Denver Gilbert, Frank Burke, Raymond Crawford, and O. W. Brauninger. Burial was in Englewood Cemetery in Clinton, Mo. Eunice Waugh Johnson was born Jan. 13, 1884, in Henry County, Mo., the daughter of the late Nanny Mohler and Dallas Benezette. Three sisters and three brothers preceded her in death. She grew to young womanhood in the community which was destined to be her lifelong home. On March 25, 1903, she married George A. Johnson. They established their first home near Maurine, moving soon to the Garland community where they spent most of their married life. When a coal company purchased their land they moved to Clinton, Mo. where they have since made their home. A devoted wife and mother, Mrs. Johnson always enjoyed her many friends. She was one never to be idle. She delighted in sewing and needlework of all types, which she generously shared with her family and friends. She enjoyed flowers which she had many varieties; and she also delighted in growing vegetables. She leaves the husband of the home; a daughter Mrs. George (Nannie Marie) McQuitty, Coal; a son Virgil, Raytown, Mo.; and a niece Mrs. Anna Butler, Kansas City, Mo., who was taken into the Johnson home when six months old, when her mother died and she was reared as one of the family; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie McWhirt, Warrensburg, Mo.. Mrs. Abbie Woodruff, California state; a brother, Harold Benezette, Kansas City, Mo.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Many other relatives and friends. JOHNSON, Marvin E. 1904 - 1993 Marvin E. Johnson was born November 28, 1904 in Florence, Mo., the son of Andrew and Mary (Combs) Johnson. He passed away December 5, 1993 at his home in Clinton at the age of 89. Marvin was married to Helyn Parkhurst and to this union two children were born. Marvin had lived in Clinton for the past 54 years. He was the owner and operator of the Clinton Butter Company, retiring in the early 1970s. He is survived by his wife Helyn, of the home; one daughter, Patricia Oberkrom, and one son, Mikel Johnson, both of Clinton; four grandsons, Barry Oberkrom, Lenexa, Ks., John Oberkrom, Ft. Worth, Tx., Kent Oberkrom, Clinton, and Ben Johnson, Clinton; seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, December 7, 1993 at Englewood Cemetery, with Rev. Dick Pierson officiating. Pallbearers were Leon Price, Gene Bremer, William Donath, Donald Donath, Horace Donath, Frank Donath. Services were under direction of Consalus Funeral Home. JOHNSON, Theta Louise WILLIAMS 1907 - 1972 Theta Louise Johnson, eldest daughter of Earl and Clara Williams was born near Roseland July 29, 1907. She departed this life Feb. 15, 1972 at Wetzel Hospital. She had spent most of her life in Henry County. On August 7, 1929 she was married to Wayne Johnson of Thrush community where they had since made their home. To this union was born one son, William Earl, who died in early childhood and one daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Thompson. She professed her faith in Christ at an early age and was a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church and later transferred her membership to Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Although ill for the past few years she bore her suffering with patience and without complaint. She was a devoted wife and mother. She is survived by her husband Wayne of the home, and the daughter Mrs. Bonnie Thompson and son-in-law Jim Thompson, also 2 grandchildren, Larry and Debby Thompson of rural Clinton. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Knight of Sedalia, and Miss Aileen Williams of Phoenix, Arizona; four brothers, Robert Williams of rural Calhoun, Alonzo Williams of Raytown, Leo M. Williams of Paola, Kansas, Roger Williams of Minneapolis, Minnesota and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Thursday, February 17 at Consalus Chapel. The Rev. David Boyd officiated. Pallbearers were George Billbruck, Wyatt East, G. T. Rolatin, Warner Greeson, Eastman Peters, and E. W. Peters. Burial was in Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Mo. JOHNSON, Wade Hampton 1879 - 1954 Rev. W. Johnson, Dies; Well-Known Minister, County Pastor Had Held Revivals in Twenty-Six States - The Rev. Wade Hampton Johnson, well-known Henry County minister who once trained 140 personal workers for the evangelist Billy Sunday, died Thursday at 4:30 p.m., at his home in Deepwater. Rev. Johnson would have been 75 on May 12. He had been in ill health for several years but had been bedfast only since Saturday. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:30 p. M. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Clinton. Wilkinson Funeral Home is in charge. Rev. Johnson was born in Cass County, six miles west of Creighton, the next to the youngest of nine children of Pryar and Sarah Jane Johnson Matisan. Rev. Johnson moved, at the age of four, with his family to Austin, Mo. and here he received his education in a country school but was forced to leave school long before he had reached the eighth grade and never had the opportunity to continue his formal education. He was quite a musician in his youth and at 17, joined a quartet traveling through Missouri and Kansas. He parted from this group when they arrived in Montrose and shortly after this time he married a Cass County girl, Miss Dolly Halsey. Settling in Montrose, he became a barber and followed this profession for several years. At 23 he entered the ministry, but he stated later that he had felt a call to preach ever since he was 16. Although he lacked a formal education, Rev. Johnson was a well-read man, especially in history. And he always continued to enjoy music and wrote twenty-five songs during his lifetime. He also had written a number of poems. Rev. Johnson held evangelistic meetings in twenty-eight states and trained the workers for Billy Sunday at a revival held in Colorado Springs in 1915. He received a good deal of acclaim for his evangelistic work and one pastor in Oklahoma; commented, upon hearing him: "In Evangelist Johnson I have found a man I believe to be a true Bible evangelist. He knows the Word as no other man whom it has been my privilege to hear," In 1917, Rev. Johnson conducted a 7-week-long revival on the Henry County courthouse lawn in, Clinton, leading his own singing and playing a trombone. A special tabernacle was built for the service, and 850 conversions took place. Members of the Johnson family formed an orchestra, which also furnished music at the meeting. Tributes to Mr. Johnson at this time were paid by the late H. P. Farris and the late Peyton Parks , who both termed him as "one of the best evangelistic speakers" they had had the privilege of hearing. Rev. Johnson's last meeting was held in Creighton. He and his wife, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949, have lived in Deepwater for the past seven years. Besides Mrs. Johnson, survivors include a brother, George Johnson, Independence, his oldest brother; and a nephew, George Johnson, Jr., also of Independence. Miss Bessie Marquis, who has been with the Johnsons many years and who has given them her love and devotion, also survives. The Rev. Bruce Maples of Crain, Mo., will officiate, assisted by Dr. Earl Forderhase. Rev. Johnson's body will lie in state at the funeral home until one p.m. Sunday. The family will receive friends at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. today and also at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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