Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Albert S., 1961 

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ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSON

Albert S. Johnson Buried Monday In St. Luke's Cemty. 

  Albert Sidney Johnson, 87, of Smithfield died Saturday, September 2, 1961 in 
the basement of his home on Church Street, Smithfield of a shotgun wound in 
the left chest. Dr. Hugh Warren, Isle of Wight coroner listed the death as 
accidental pending an autopsy at the state crime laboratory in Norfolk. 

  Powder burns showed the shot from a 12-gauge shotgun was fired at close 
range. 

  Relatives said Mr. Johnson had been out shooting birds.  He was found dead 
about noon Saturday. 

  The death was later listed as suicide by Isle of Wight Medical Examiner Dr. 
Hugh Warren based on the report of the autopsy performed Sunday. 

  Mr. Johnson was a former legislator and was president of the James River 
Bridge System until it was sold to the state in 1949. 

  He served fifteen years as Isle of Wight County Clerk and resigned to open 
law practice. 

  In 1930 he retired from law practice to become general manager and later 
president of the James River Bridge Corporation. 

  He represented Isle of Wight County in the General Assembly for several 
terms and also directed the Legislative Reference Bureau. 

  He was a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church, Smithfield. 

  Mr. Johnson was a son of Benjamin Robert and Mrs. Myra Bradshaw Johnson of 
Isle of Wight County. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Batten Johnson; a daughter, Mrs. 
James A.L. Mathers, wife of Dr. J.A.L. Mathers of Englewood, New Jensey; a 
sister, Mrs. C.E. King, and a brother, Z.C. Johnson, both of Windsor; and two 
grandchildren, Elizabeth Mathers and James A.L. Mathers Jr. of Englewood. 

  The body was taken to the Jones Funeral Home.  Services were held in St. 
Luke's Memorial Cemetery Monday, September 4 at 11 A.M. conducted by the Right 
Reverend Rev. William A. Brown, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of 
Southern Virginia, and the Rev. Taylor Willis of Norfolk, Rector of Christ 
Episcopal Church, Smithfield. 

  Pallbearers were James Heptinstall, W.P. Warren, Robert M. Osborn, W.W. 
Kitchin, Harvey Parker and William Webster. 


Albert Sidney JOHNSON, former attorney, Clerk & legislator, 
b. 23 Jan 1874, Isle of Wight Co., suicide 2 Sep 1961, at home, Smithfield, 
interred in in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 4 Sep 1961, 
"Smithfield Times" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 42, No. 36, Sep. 7, 1961, p. 1, col. 1 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents & maternal grandfather, Joshua BRADSHAW, are buried in a JOHNSON 
   family cemetery, Buckhorn Rd.  Shattered, Joshua's gravestone was mis-read 
   "Joshia."  (IWCHS GSSTF report #142) 

His widowed father 2m. Myra's sis Lucy Ann (BRADSHAW) JOHNSON.  She is buried 
   in Windsor Cemetery.  (IWCHS GSSTF report #26) 


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