Frio County, Texas - Obituary: Henry Everett Johnson ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by: John B. Johnson, Jr. June 10, 2002 ************************************************************************ This obituary was written by W. L. DuBose, former Editor of The Devine News. Henry Everett Johnson was my Grandfather. From The Devine News, Thursday, March 27, 1924: Mr. H.E. Johnson, age 58, a leading citizen of Moore for almost a quarter of a century, died early Monday after an illness of only a few hours,following a stroke of apoplexy. The family were awakened at 5 a.m. Sunday by his struggles and beating the wall near his bed. When his wife reached him, he could not talk, but gave signs of wishing to get up; help and a physician were summoned, but he never spoke. With a pencil he managed to write with his left hand "Bob" and "Eth" meaning his son-in-law and daughter who live in Austin, and then he scrolled something like "not long" on the paper, put his hand to his mouth, could answer a few questions with a nod or shake of his head, which showed consciousness. He dropped into a condition of quietness and passed away at 2:35 a.m. Monday, March 24, 1924. Deceased was born near Benton City in Atascosa County, November 24, 1865, grew to manhood in this section and on May 20, 1891, was married to Miss Lula Little, since which time he had lived at Moore where he was easily known as a leading citizen, standing for every forward movement morally and financially. He was president of Moore National Bank for many years, was engaged in the mercantile and gin business, besides large farming and cattle business. He ran a newspaper, The Moore Model, which he kept going at his own expense for a long time, regardless of what it paid him. Later he operated with leading cattlemen on the border, importing thousands of head of cattle to this country from Mexico, having a lease on the famous Milmo Ranch. Besides his wife, he leaves one son, John Blocker Johnson, of Moore, and one daughter, Mrs. J.J. Brown-Professor Brown being with the State Board of Education-and three grandchildren, several sisters, brothers, and friends without number. The funeral was conducted from his late home Monday evening by Editor W.L. DuBose, the Masons of Pearsall, assisted by the lodge at Devine, being in charge of the burial services at the grave. Hundreds of people gathered from Frio, Medina, and Atascosa Counties to attend his funeral, the procession of automobiles reached almost the entire distance from the home to the cemetery where his last resting place was covered with beautiful flowers. Thus was born, lived, and died in our beloved Southwest a man who acted his part well and nobly, meant more to his hometown than any other man, was a leader among men for the few brief years in which he played his part so well. Like the beautiful flowers that covered his grave, he was suddenly crushed and cut down, but in a time when men and women still remember his great labor of love for his community and his struggle to "carry on".