Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, M. Iolia Wills, 1955 

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Rites Thursday For Mrs. Iolia [sic; Iola] Johnson 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Iolia Wills Johnson, 77, of Windsor, who died at 7 
a.m. today at Louise Obici Hospital after a short illness, will be conducted 
Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Windsor Baptist Church.  Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor, 
will officiate, assisted by Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, retired. 

  She was the widow of the late William Robert [sic*] Johnson, and 
daughter of the late Matthew Wills and Mrs. Richenda Joyner Wills of 
Southampton County. 

  Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. J.H. Johnson of Windsor, Mrs. Bertie I. 
Cobb of Norfolk and Mrs. Otis Holland of Windsor; two sons, August Jenkins of 
Suffolk and John Lee Jenkins of Zuni; eleven grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Roxie Nelms of Zuni and Mrs Charlie Robertson 
of Windsor; three brothers, M.M. Wills of Norfolk, John R. Wills of Suffolk, 
and T.A. Wills of Windsor; and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  She was a member of the Windsor Baptist Church.  The body will be taken from 
the Baker Funeral Home to the church one hour before the ceremony.  Burial 
will be in Antioch Christian Church cemetery. 

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Rites Held Today For Mrs. Johnson 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Iolia Wills Johnson, who died on Tuesday after 
a short illness, were conducted today at 4 p.m. at the Windsor Baptist Church 
with the Rev. B.A. Riddle, pastor and the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, retired 
minister, officiating. 

  Pallbearers were John Lee Jenkins, Billy Holland, Bobby Holland, Raymond 
Johnson, Frederick Johnson, and Mills Johnson.  The pall was of white asters 
and red carnations. 

  Burial was in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. 


Martha Iolia "Loula" (WILLS JENKINS; Mrs. William Robert) JOHNSON, of Windsor, 
b. 18 May 1878, Southampton Co., d. 2 Aug 1955, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 4 Aug 1955, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 172, Tues., Aug. 2, 1955, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 174, Thurs., Aug. 4, 1955, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone, which shows "Iola," d. 1 Aug 1955, is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #104891117. 

D.Cert. 18969 (Chuckatuck #186) 

Her parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block I, Lot 63. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

Iolia 1m. John T. JENKINS, 28 Jan 1897.  (Southampton Co. MB9:120) 

She 2m. widower William Robert JOHNSON, 4 Dec 1912, in Isle of Wight Co. 
   Ancestry.com Select VA Marr. 1785-1940 gives William Reuben.  He & his 
   first wife are also buried at Antioch. 

Her father's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 14, 1934, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w420m4ob.txt 

Her mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 22 & 24, 1934, p. 8) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/w420r4ob.txt 


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