Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnston, Edward Walston September 18, 1955
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The Virginian Pilot September 22, 1955

                      EDWARD JOHNSTON RITES TOMORRW

PORTSMOUTH - Funeral services for Pvt. Edward Walston Johnston, USMC, of 
Cradock, who died Sunday from a shotgun wound in the left chest will be 
conducted tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Holy Angels Catholic Church by the Rev. Edward 
W. Johnston, pastor of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Berkeley, W. Va., and a 
former pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Norfolk, an uncle of Johnston's. 
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery with military honors.
Rosary services will be conducted at the Derry-Twiford Funeral Home today at 8 
p.m.
Private Johnston's body was found on the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River 
late Sunday. Dr. C.O. Barclay, Norfolk County medical examiner, said no foul 
play was indicated.
Johnston was a native of Newport News and had been a resident of Cradock for 17 
years. He resided at 7 Reid Street. He was a graduate of St. Paul's Catholic 
High School in Portsmouth and attended the College of William and Mary. He was 
the son of Lawrence Vincent Johnston, Sr. and Mrs. Gertrude Hartwell Johnston.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Cecelia Johnston 
Kramer, of Riverdale, Md. and Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston Moore of Waldorf, Md. and 
three brothers, Lawrence Vincent Johnston, Jr., of Rockledge, Fla. and Robert 
Michael Johnston and Richard Bruce Johnston, both of Cradock.  
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Pvt. Edward Walston Johnston, USMC. Funeral services for Private Johnston were 
conducted at Holy Angels Catholic Church, in Cradock, yesterday at 10 a.m. by 
the Rev. Edward W. Johnston. Present in the sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. 
Monsignor Joseph Govaert, the Rev. Nicholas Habets, the Rev. Francis Bradigan, 
the Rev. Joseph Van Ganzewintel, the Rev. William Byrnes, the Rev. John Bannon 
and the Rev. Thomas J. Walsh. Pallbearers were Pfc. M.T. Gosselin, Pfc. J.D. 
Wadford, Pfc. L.A. Beichler, Pfc. O.F. Young, Pfc. D.R. Alley and Pfc. J. 
Shumate, all members of the USMC. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery with 
military honors.

The Virginian Pilot September 24, 1955


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