Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Johnson, William L., 1958 

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William L. Johnson Buried at Cypress 

  Funeral services for William Larry Johnson, who died Tuesday, were conducted 
Friday at 2 p.m. at Cypress Chapel Christian church by the Rev. Ellis Clark, 
pastor, and the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church. 
Burial was in the church cemetery. 

  Mr. Brittle read the poem, "House by the Side of the Road."  Mrs. James 
Boyette Jr. sang two solos, "How Great Thou Art" and "Beautiful Garden of 
Prayer." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red roses and white carnations. 

  Pallbearers were Presley Byrd, Wesley Brinkley, F.J. Brinkley Jr., Cecil 
Harrell, Otis Baines, Willie Knight, G.C. Mann and W.J. Byrum. 


William Larry JOHNSON, farmer, 
b. 12 Apr 1884, Nansemond Co., d. 16 Dec 1958, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 19 Dec 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 300, Sun., Dec. 21, 1958, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103660303, which gives William Lewis. 

He shares a gravestone with his first wife, Susie E. (BENTON) JOHNSON 
   (1891 - 1939).  His widow, Olivia E. (POWELL CRUMPLER) JOHNSON 
   (1882 - 1966), is also buried there. 

D.Cert. 31835 (Cypress #322) 


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