Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, William Gay August 4, 1915 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 April 18, 2026, 5:29 pm Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch August 7, 1915 WILLIAM GAY JOHNSON The funeral of William Gay Johnson, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Johnson of Gilmerton, who was drowned while bathing in the canal at that place on Wednesday evening, was held at the family residence at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. George D. Eastes, pastor of the Third Christian church, Norfolk, officiating, assisted by the Rev. W. G. Bates. The interment was in Elmwood cemetery, Norfolk. The pallbearers were Robert Johnson, Brooks Parker, Reber Clark, Clark Andrews, Major Hilliard, Dan Holloway, Roger Creekmur and Claud Cotton. During the service, Miss Hozier sang a solo, "Face to Face." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/j/johnson19564nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb