Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Rufus Walter June 4, 1929
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 5, 1929

           CYCLIST FATALLY HURT IN COLLISION WITH AUTOMOBILE

 R. W. Johnson, of South Norfolk, Injured at 6:40 A.M., Dies at 11:25 A.M.

Rufus Walter Johnson, aged 51, of Beech Street, South Norfolk, died 
yesterday morning at 11:25 o'clock as the result of a fractured skull he 
received at 6:40 a.m., when he, riding a bicycle, collided with an 
automobile operated by Raymond W. Garrett, of Route No. 2, Portsmouth.  The 
accident occurred at Rogers and Poindexter Streets, South Norfolk.
Garrett, who took Johnson to St. Vincent's Hospital, later was arrested by 
Patrolman Herbert Van Vleek, and charged with manslaughter.  He will be 
given a preliminary hearing before Mayor B.H. Gibson June 12.
Mr. Johnson was going to his work at the William Sloane plant when the 
accident occurred.  He was a native of Halifax County, N.C., but had made 
his home in South Norfolk many years.  He leaves, besides his wife, Mrs. 
Sallie Wilder Johnson, two daughters, Mrs. R.S. Sawyer, of Portsmouth and 
Miss Stella Johnson, of South Norfolk, one son, Ernest Johnson, of South 
Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. William Merrick and Mrs. Walter Tippett, and one 
brother, Duncan Johnson, all of North Carolina.
The body will be taken from the funeral home of E. Lee Cox to the residence 
tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock for funeral services and burial, which 
will follow in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery.
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JOHNSON, RUFUS WALTER - Suddenly in a local hospital Tuesday, June 4, 1929, 
at 11:25 o'clock, RUFUS WALTER JOHNSON, of Beech Street, South Norfolk, a 
native of Halifax County, N.C., son of the late Dudley and Mrs. Martha Pair 
Johnson, and husband of Mrs. Sallie Wilder Johnson, aged 51 years, 8 months 
and 22 days.
The body will be taken from the funeral home of E. Lee Cox, 124 E. Berkley 
Avenue, to the family residence THURSDAY AFTERNOON for funeral services at 
4:30 o'clock.
Interment will be in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery.
Friends are invited.
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Rufus W. Johnson - Funeral services for Mr. Johnson, who was killed in an 
automobile accident on Poindexter Street, South Norfolk, Tuesday morning, 
will be conducted at the residence on Beech Street, South Norfolk Heights, 
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.  The Rev. O.D. Poythress, pastor of the 
South Norfolk Christian Church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Magnolia 
Cemetery.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark June 6, 1929

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