Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, J. Gayle, 1929 

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JOHNSON BURIAL BY MASONIC RITE 

Funeral of Aged Man Who Lost His Life In Trying to Put Out Fire in Barn, 
   Held Tomorrow Afternoon. 

  Funeral services for Gayle Johnson, who was fatally burned yesterday when 
his clothing became ignited as he attempted to extinguish a blaze in the barn, 
will be held tomorrow afternoon at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with the 
Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley officiating, assisted by the Dr. I.W. Johnson.  The 
procession will leave the I.O. Hill funeral parlors at 2:45 and the service 
will be held at 3 o'clock. 

  Mr. Johnson is said to have been fatally burned when sparks from his pipe 
ignited some corn shucks in the barn, and in his attempt to extinguish the 
blaze was fatally burned.  He did manage, however, to crawl out into the open 
where he was seen, picked up and rushed to the Virginia Hospital, where he 
failed to rally to first aid treatment.  He was a resident of the Claude 
Johnson farm near Reid's Ferry.  He was 78 years of age, and is survived by 
one son, Hurley Johnson; one brother, Claude Johnson, and one sister, Mrs. 
Margaret Kittrell. 

  Suffolk lodge No. 30, of Masons will have charge of the funeral. 

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JOHNSON BURIAL BY MASONIC RITE 

Funeral of Aged Man Who Lost His Life In Trying to Put Out Fire in Barn, 
   Held Tomorrow Afternoon. 

  Funeral services for Gayle Johnson, who was fatally burned yesterday when 
his clothing became ignited as he attempted to extinguish a blaze in the barn, 
will be held tomorrow afternoon at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with the 
Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley officiating, assisted by the Dr. I.W. Johnson.  The 
procession will leave the I.O. Hill funeral parlors at 2:45 and the service 
will be held at 3 o'clock. 

  Mr. Johnson is said to have been fatally burned when sparks from his pipe 
ignited some corn shucks in the barn, and in his attempt to extinguish the 
blaze was fatally burned.  He did manage, however, to crawl out into the open 
where he was seen, picked up and rushed to the Virginia Hospital, where he 
failed to rally to first aid treatment.  He was a resident of the Claude 
Johnson farm near Reid's Ferry.  He was 78 years of age, and is survived by 
one son, Hurley Johnson; one brother, Claude Johnson, and one sister, Mrs. 
Margaret Kittrell. 

  Suffolk lodge No. 30, of Masons will have charge of the funeral. 

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Johnson Funeral Held Yesterday 

  Funeral services for J. Gayle Johnson were held yesterday at the grave in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery by the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley, assisted by the Rev. Dr. I.W. 
Johnson.  Pallbearers were members of Suffolk Lodge No. 30, A.F. & A.M., 
these being B. Martin, Loftus Hitchins, E.R. Custis, I.C. Trotman, I.B. 
Powell, Hersey Woodward, Jr., and W.J. Richards.  Burial was with Masonic 
rites. 


Junius Gayle JOHNSON, farmer, 
b. 13 Sep 1851, Nansemond Co., d. 13 May 1929, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 16 May 1929, 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 55, Tues., May 14, 1929, p. 8; 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 58, Wed., May 15, 1929, p. 8; 
"Suffolk News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 58, Fri., May 17, 1929, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

Find a Grave Memorial #166967485 gives Junius Gail.  [no grave photo] 

D.Cert. 13531 (Suffolk #177) 

Find a Grave gives his parents, Abram [Abraham] Peter & Margaret (HEDGEPETH 
   [HEDGEBETH]) JOHNSON, as buried in a JOHNSON family cemetery in 
   Nansemond Co. - site not specified, nor known (Oct 2023) to the 
   SCHS Cemetery Project. 


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