Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Jesse V. Sr., 1948 

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JESSE VAUGHAN JOHNSON 

Rites Today For Jesse V. Johnson 

  Funeral services for Jesse V. Johnson, who died Monday night at the Lakeview 
Hospital, will be conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, with the Rev: W.B. Watson, pastor of 
the South Quay Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

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JESSE V. JOHNSON 

   Jesse V. Johnson, 72, farmer of the South Quay community, died Monday 
night, April 12, in Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, after a brief illness. 

   The deceased was the son of the late Robert J. and Frances Vaughan Johnson 
of Nansemond County, and husband of the late Rosa E. Williams Johnson.  He was 
a member of the South Quay Baptist Church. 

   He is survived by four sons, Henry M. Johnson, Jesse V. Johnson, Jr., and 
Ernest D. Johnson of Franklin, and James R. Johnson of Richmond; a brother, 
Dr. J.R.L. Johnson of Williamsburg; and three grandchildren. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Johnson were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock from the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland & Sons by his pastor, Rev. 
W.B. Watson, followed by burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 


Jesse Vaughan JOHNSON, Sr., South Quay farmer, 
b. 15 Apr 1875, Nansemond Co., d. 12 Apr 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 202*), Suffolk, 14 Apr 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 25, No. 8, Wed., Apr. 14, 1948, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 42, No. 25, Fri., Apr. 16, 1948, p. 6 

*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 his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135595254. 

D.Cert. 8688 (Suffolk #154) 

His father (1833 - 1910) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. A, 14th VA Infantry.  He is buried in the JONES-JOHNSON family 
   cemetery, Quaker Dr. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-31), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 


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