Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, J. Richard, 1929 

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JAMES RICHARD JOHNSON 

  James Richard Johnson, aged 43, died Monday night at 9:15 o'clock at a local 
hospital after a short illness.  He was the son of Mrs. Mary Horn [sic; Horne] 
and the late James Thomas Johnson and came here for medical treatment from his 
home in Zuni, Va.  Besides his mother he is survived by his wife, Mrs. 
Josephine Munford Johnson; three sons, James Ralph, Edward Eugene, and Grover 
Lee Johnson, all of Zuni; four sisters, Mrs. W.E. Spain of Roanoke, Mrs. R.R. 
Rose of Walters, and Mrs. G.T. Harrison and Mrs. Edna Bradshaw of Zuni; and a 
brother, L.C. Johnson of Zuni.  The body was sent from the funeral home of 
James V. Derry, 346 West Princess Anne road, last night at 6 o'clock via the 
Norfolk & Western Railway to Zuni for funeral services and interment. 

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DEATH OF MAIL CARRIER 

  J.R. Johnson, mail carrier from Zuni to Smithfield, died Tuesday at Sarah 
Leigh Hospital, Norfolk.  Burial took place Wednesday afternoon at Antioch 
Church cemetery.


James Richard JOHNSON, mail carrier, 
b. 15 Nov 1885, Zuni, d. 25 Mar 1929, Norfolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 26 Mar 1929, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Wd., Mar. 27, 1929, p. 2, col. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 8, No. 41, Thurs., Mar. 28, 1929, p. 1 

*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} Antioch list (#20): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents, J. Thomas & Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" (HORNE) JOHNSON were 
   moved to Antioch, Sep 2009.  They were originally buried in a 
   JOHNSON family cemetery, near Zuni. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-44): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Mollie's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 13, 1955), 
   with her marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525m11o.txt 

Richard's widow Josephine (MUNFORD) 2m. 1930 Bennett LUTER; 
   they are buried at Antioch also. 
   Josephine's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Virginian-Pilot," 
   Jan. 29, 1951) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/l360j5ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525r9ob.txt