Martin County NcArchives Obituaries.....Johnson, Shepard 1948
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 08-13-1948, P. 1
SHEPARD JOHNSON

   Shepard Johnson, son of the late James and Rebecca Johnson of Martin County, 
N.C., died at the age of 73 on Saturday, August 7, at 2:45 a.m. at his home near 
Holland after a long illness. He was a native of Martin County, N.C., and in 
1919 moved to Nansemond County, where he was a prosperous farmer.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Hamilton Johnson; eight daughters, Mrs. 
G.C. Biley of Bethel, N.C., Mrs. E.L. Morris of Pinetops, N.C., Mrs. Lonnie 
Wilkins of Holland, Mrs. Annie M. Britton of Portsmouth, Mrs. John W. Howell of 
Holland, Mrs. Linwood Pearce of Gordonsville, and Mrs. Roy C. Duke of Franklin; 
three sons, Sam and Robert L. Johnson of Franklin and Shepard Johnson Jr., of 
Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. D.C. Cross of Oak City, N.C., and Mrs. Moses 
Robertson of Palmyra, N.C.; two brothers, James Johnson of Rocky Mount, N.C. , 
and Lester Johnson of Holland; 31 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Holy Neck 
Christian Church, with Rev. H.E. Crutchfield and Rev. H.L. Foster officiating. 
Burial was in the Holland cemetery. Pallbearers were Tom Parker, Emmett Piland, 
Allen Piland, J.J. Harcum, Ether March, Hilton Morgan, Harvey Worrell and Lewis 
Duke. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men’s Bible Class of Holy Neck 
Christian Church and friends.


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