Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Mediann J. Luke, 1932 

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Woman Drops Dead On Porch Of Home 

Mrs. Anna Luke Johnson Collapses at Door of Daughter Whom She Had Planned 
   to Visit This Afternoon; Death Instantaneous. 

  Mrs. Anna Luke Johnson, aged 65, dropped dead as she stepped upon the porch 
of her daughter's home, where she had gone with the intention to pay a visit, 
a few minutes after noon today. 

  Walking from the automobile which had brought her from her home on the 
Suffolk-Windsor road to the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.W. Pruden, on the 
Holland road, Mrs. Johnson climbed the low steps and as she reached the porch 
level, collapsed.  Death was practically instantaneous. 

  Members of the family said that Mrs. Johnson had been in ill health for 
several months, but that recently she had apparently improved in health and 
her sudden death was a great shock. 

  Mrs. Johnson was the widow of John A. Johnson and the daughter of the late 
Isaac and Sarah Luke.  She is survived by four daughters, Miss Iola Johnson, 
Mrs. J.W. Pruden and Miss Eunice Johnson, of Nansemond county, and Mrs. H.A. 
Redd, of Isle of Wight; three sons, J.L., J.R., and H.P. Johnson, of Nansemond 
county; a sister, Mrs. A.W. Ashburn. of Newport News; a brother, C.A. Luke, of 
Nansemond; nine grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral arrangements were not obtainable so shortly after the sudden death. 
It was said, however, that the service will probably be conducted at Bethlehem 
Christian church tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, 
assisted by the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley and the Rev. I.W. Johnson.  Interment 
will be made in Cedar Hill cemetery. 


"Anna" Mediann James (LUKE; Mrs. John Abram) JOHNSON, 
b. 23 Jun 1867*, Nansemond Co., 
d. 14 Apr 1932, at daughter's home, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block L, Lot 9*), Suffolk, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 10, No. 138, Tues., Aug. 30, 1932, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt 

A photo of Anna holding an infant - added by Charles Johnson - 
   and two of her gravestone - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #90407524; they show b. 25 Jun 1867. 

Correct birthdate from Nansemond Co. B.Reg. 1867, p. 73 #68. 

D.Cert. 18744 (Chuckatuck #251) Norfolk, 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in 
   Co. E (2d), 6th VA Infantry. 


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