Robeson County, NC - Obituary of Kelly Johnson, 1935

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Rites Held For Kelly Johnson
 
Prominent Barnesville Man Succumbs Here After Extended Illness.
 
   Funeral services for Kelly Johnson, 72, prominent citizen of lower 
Robeson county, were conducted from Bethesda Methodist church, of which 
he was a member, Sunday at 3 p.m. by Rev. N.B. Johnson of Tabor, former 
pastor, with interment in the church cemetery.
   Mr. Johnson died in Baker sanatorium, Lumberton, Saturday about 3 a.m. 
after a long Illness. He had been a patient there since the summer. He 
had cancer.
   Pallbearers were R.W. Britt, W.N. Hardin, J. H. Johnson, C.A. Sealey,  
Perry Leggett, H.C. Flowers. The church missionary society had charge of 
the flowers, being assisted by Mesdames C.E. Herring and William Britt.
   Surviving are his widow; 8 children---Ed Olin of Barnesville, Smith of 
Reidsville, Kelly Jr. and Miss Eva of Fairmont, Ashley of Fayetteville,  
Mrs. Ola J. Barnes of Andrews, Miss Alma of Albemarle, Mrs. L.S. Thompson 
of Cedartown, Ga.
   Deceased, a substantial farmer, was a long and faithful member of 
Bethesda Church.
 
 
From the Contributor: Kelly Johnson was born July 20, 1863 and died Dec 29, 
1935. He married Nemphia Mae Floyd Oct 29, 1891. Nemphia Mae Floyd was born 
Jan 22, 1879 and died Nov 7, 1956. Kelly Johnson was the son of Cary 
Johnson and Mary Jane Sealey. The above obit was in the Robesonian 
newspaper Dec 30, 1935.

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