Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Alfred J. Sr., 1953 

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Alfred Johnson Succumbs at 57 

  Alfred Joseph Johnson, Sr., 57, a resident at Holland, died this morning 
at the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital after a short illness. 

  He was the son of the late Enos Luther and Emma Corbitt Johnson, of 
Nansemond County. 

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dottie Langford [sic; Lankford] Johnson, of 
Holland; two daughters, Mrs. H.H. Byrd, Jr.; Mrs. Jack Holland, of Holland; 
three sons, Randolph Johnson, of Whaleyville; Alfred Joseph Johnson, Jr., of 
Holland; and Edward A. Johnson, of Suffolk; a sister, Mrs. L.L. Worrell, of 
Nansemond County; three brothers, T.H. Johnson, of Suffolk; H.C. Johnson, of 
Nansemond County and E.A. Johnson, of Lynchburg; 11 grandchildren; several 
nieces and nephews. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home, where it will 
remain until Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m., at which time it will be taken to 
the Beaver Dam Baptist Church to lie in state [until] the funeral hour, which 
is at 3 p.m. 

  The Rev. Edward Thornton, church pastor, will conduct the services. 
Interment will follow in the hurch cemetery. 


Alfred Joseph JOHNSON, Sr., of Holland, agriculture extension worker, 
   Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 2 Jan 1896, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Apr 1953, Suffolk, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, 5 Apr 1953, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 79, Fri., Apr. 3, 1953, p. 1 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #66345519, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BD-48), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #66345422. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 10144 (Chuckatuck #122) 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Jan. 1980) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525d1ob.txt 


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