Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Annie B. Davis, 1939 

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ANNIE BETTIE DAVIS JOHNSON

   Funeral services for Mrs. Johnson were conducted from her home Tuesday 
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by her pastor, the Rev. W.B. Watson of Black Creek 
Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. W.R. Buhler of Zuni. The casket was covered 
with a pall of red rose buds and lilies and there was a profusion of floral 
tributes. Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers and following were 
active bearers: Rufus L. Johnson, Edward Manry, J.D. Owen, G.M. Rains, T.F. 
Hundley, Ryland F. Beale, Dr. R.L. Raiford and J.H. Boyd. Interment was made in 
Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. The rites were attended by a large crowd.

   Mrs. Johnson married Wiley L. Johnson on September 8, 1914, and was the 
daughter of John Daughtrey Davis and Nettie Camp Davis, being born at the old 
homestead near Sedley on October 18, 1887.

   She was educated in the county schools and at Franklin Female Seminary and 
later assumed the care of her parental home, upon the death of her mother, 
February 17, 1909, until the date of her marriage.

   She was a woman of many fine traits of character and personality and had made 
a wide circle of friends. Her interests and devotion to her home and family knew 
no bounds. Early in life she united with Black Creek Baptist Church and remained 
there a consistent communicant.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by two children, Miss Annie Davis 
Johnson of Sedley and Willard L. Johnson; three sisters, Mrs. W.C. Andrews of 
Zuni, Mrs. H.C. Justice of Norfolk and Miss Sally Davis of New York City; two 
brothers, J. Emmett Davis of Sedley and E. Pressley Davis of Norfolk and four 
nephews.

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TWO SEDLEY PEOPLE DIE FOLLOWING CAR-TRUCK COLLISION ON SUNDAY - 
   MRS. ANNIE D. JOHNSON AND THORNTON ROLLINGS SUSTAIN FATAL INJURIES

   Mrs. Annie Bettie Davis Johnson, 51, of Sedley died Sunday afternoon and 
Thornton Butler Rollings of Sedley, 18 year old Courtland High School student, 
died Tuesday afternoon from injuries inflicted when the automobile in which they 
were riding with Wiley L. Johnson, husband of Mrs. Johnson, was in collision 
with truck at Stony Creek Sunday afternoon. Mr. Johnson, who was driving the car, 
received severe head and chest injuries and was said to be in a critical 
condition early in the week, although reported as being slightly improved today.

   All three were rushed after the accident to Petersburg Hospital by residents 
of Stony Creek, Mrs. Johnson dying en route. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, accompanied 
by young Rollings, had driven their son, Willard L. Johnson, a V.P.I. student, 
to Farmville, where he took the train for Blacksburg to resume his studies after 
a visit with his parents at Sedley.

   As they returned, Mr. Johnson and Rollings were occupying the front seat and 
Mrs. Johnson the rear seat of the car, a 1939 Chevrolet sedan. The collision 
occurred as the automobile was crossing the intersection of Route 301, the 
Emporia-Petersburg highway, just at the outskirts of Stony Creek. The truck, 
laden with sweet potatoes and headed north, was badly damaged, although the 
driver was unhurt. The name of the truck driver was not learned. The Johnson car 
was practically demolished.

   Rollings, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Rollings of Sedley, died at the 
hospital, the body being taken to the W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home here 
for burial preparations. The body of Mrs. Johnson was also sent to the Holland 
Funeral Home, both funerals taking place in Sedley.


[Annie Bettie (DAVIS; Mrs. Wiley L.) JOHNSON, of Sedley, 
 b. 18 Oct 1887, near Sedley, d. 5 Feb 1939, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 7 Feb 1939, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 10, 1939] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Rosemont (S-41):
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt] 

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