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

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MARTHA LUCY JOHNSON 

   Miss Martha Lucy Johnson, 83, resident of Franklin for the past few years 
and formerly of Carrsville, died early Monday morning, September 19, at the 
home of her sister, Mrs. Jachin Forbes, on North High Street.

   She was the daughter of the late George W. and Margaret Carson Johnson, 
and was one of the oldest members of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. R.E.L. Kyle and Mrs. Jachin Forbes, both 
of Franklin, and Mrs. J.R. Bracey of Carrsville.

   Funeral services were conducted at Beaver Dam Baptist Church Wednesday at 
2:30 p.m. by Rev. Edwin C. Thorton, pastor, assisted by Rev. N.C. Clifton, of 
Lynchburg, former pastor, and Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin 
Baptist church.  Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Lawrence Johnson, Carl Steinhardt, William H. 
Howell, Jr., William Rose, John F. Duke, Jr., J.D. Wright, Emmett Rawles and 
Jarvis Howell.


Lucy Martha JOHNSON, of Franklin, formerly of Carrsville, 
d. 19 Sep 1955, at sister's home, age 83, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 21 Sep 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 22, 1955, Sect. II, p. 6 

*Cemetery list gives Lucy Martha; her parents are also buried there. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-51 & -49), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 20, 1936, p. 1) - which gives 
   Lucy M. - is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525g7ob.txt 


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