Obituary: Gleason Johnson
Source: The Daily Progress, Sunday, October 5, 2003
Contributor: Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Gleason Johnson Sr., 78, of Covesville, departed this life on Wednesday, 
Oct. 1, 2003. He was born in Faber, Feb. 19, 1925, the son of the late 
Edward Johnson and Rena Hansberry Johnson. He was the husband of Bertha 
Henderson Johnson.
  He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ella Turner, Ethel White and 
three brothers, Edward Johnson, Massie Johnson and Tommy Johnson.
  He was educated in the Nelson County school system. He was a retired 
cement finisher who gave over 30 years of service at R. E. Lee Construction 
Company. He was an active member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church and served 
as a Trustee of the church. His great sense of humor and deep sense of 
concern and care for all will be surely missed.
  He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He 
leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife, Bertha Henderson Johnson; 
four sons, Gleason Johnson Jr. and his wife, Fannetta, of Tacoma, Washington, 
William Edward Johnson and his wife, Sophia, of Midlothian, Gary Lee Johnson 
and his wife, Vickie, of Crozet, Paul Johnson and his wife, Dianne, of 
Charlottesville; three daughters, Barbara Jean Williams and her husband, 
Ronnie, of Richmond, Catherine Diane Hall and her husband, Maurice, of 
Charlottesville, and Donna Roberta Johnson of Richmond; two sisters, Amy 
Cobbs and Ida Alexander of Faber; brother-in-law and sister in-law, Edward 
and Willie Ann Henderson; 13 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; 
numerous nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, at 
Cedar Grove Baptist Church with the Reverend James Wright officiating. 
Interment will follow in the Henderson Family Cemetery.
  The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 
the Chapel of J.F. Bell Funeral Home.
  To pay condolences to the family please sign our guestbook at 
www.jfbellfuneralhome.com
  J. F. Bell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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