Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Ryland F. Jr., 1958 

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RYLAND FRANK JOHNSON JR. 

Auto Accident Victim 

Saturday Funeral Service Set For Ryland Johnson 

  Funeral services for Ryland Frank Johnson, Jr., 23-year-old Suffolk National 
Guardsman killed early Wednesday south of Portsmouth when he was pinned under 
his car while attempting to make repairs, have been set for Saturday. 

  Johnson, returning to Camp Pendleton from Suffolk late Tuesday night, 
reportedly had tire trouble near the intersection of routes 13 and 17. 

  State Trooper J.D. Savage said that he noticed Johnson's car pull to the 
shoulder of the highway about 11 p.m.  A Navy Shore Patrol unit discovered 
Johnson pinned under the car at shortly after 1 a.m. 

  A specialist third class in the Army National Guard, he was on his way back 
to Camp Pendleton, Virginia Beach, to rejoin Battery A, of the 129th AAA 
Battalion, when the accident occured. 

  The son of Ryland F. Johnson, Sr., and Mrs. Martha Gray Johnson of Kimberly, 
Johnson lived on the North Carolina highway south of Suffolk.  He was employed 
by Smith's Auto Repair in Suffolk and was a member of the First Baptist 
Church. 

  He is survived by his wife, Donna Lou Raney [sic; Ramey] Johnson; s son, 
Frankie Lee Johnson, and one sister, Mrs. Ernest Kritzer [sic; Critzer] of 
Suffolk. 

  Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the I.O. Hill Funeral 
Home by the Rev. J.C. Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the 
Rev. Ellis N. Clark, pastor of the Cypress Chapel Christian Church.  Burial 
will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

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Johnson Rites Saturday 

  Funeral services for Ryland Frank Johnson Jr. were conducted Saturday at 4 
p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. John C. Mitchell, pastor of the 
First Baptist Church, and the Rev. Ellis N. Clark, pastor of Cypress Chapel 
Christian Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery with military rites at 
the graveside. 

  Mrs. Claudia Jacobs played an organ solo entitled, "Sunrise." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red carnations and Easter lilies. 

  Pallbearers were Jethro H. Piland, John D. Parr, Ocie L. Miroe Jr., Ruben K. 
Byrd, Robert D. Lassiter, William H. Byrd, William E. Moore, and George A. 
Willis. 


Ryland Frank JOHNSON, Jr., mechanic, National Guardsman, 
b. 27 Aug 1935, Suffolk, d. 13 Aug 1958, Portsmouth, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 16 Aug 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 192, Thurs., Aug. 14, 1958, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 194, Sun., Aug. 17, 1958, p. 9 

An obit also appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Aug. 17, 1958. 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone & plot - added by Angelique Geyer & Ken Campbell - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #134697643. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 21306 (Deep Creek #30) 

His widow Donna Lou (RAMEY) JOHNSON (1940 - 2003) 2m. Lancie Britten WARD, 
   Jr., & 3m. William P. MARINO.  She is buried with her mother Stella Lucille 
   (GREENE RAMEY LILLEY) POWELL in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 


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