Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Albert S., 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSON Albert Sidney Johnson, 76, retired business man and farmer of Franklin, who had lived here for 45 years, died at his home on North High Street Friday night. He had been in ill health for two years. The son of the late James W. and Margaret West Johnson, the deceased was a native of Isle of Wight county. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elma Whitfield Johnson; two daughters, Misses Helen and Margaret Johnson of Franklin; two sons, Shelbourne Johnson of Winston-Salem, N.C. and Leigh W. Johnson of Franklin; a granddaughter Eleanor Rose Johnson of Winston-Salem; two sisters, Mrs. Ida Barnhill of Suffolk, and Mrs. Ella Spivey of Norfolk; two brothers, J. Goode and Jesse Johnson of Carrsville. Services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence by his pastor, the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. B.B. Bland and Dr. Elwood W. Jones. Paul Nachlas sang "Have Thine Own Way Lord." Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery here, pallbearers being Letcher Eley, Geo. Caroon, R.C. Councill, Jas. I Beale, Jr., Roy Edwards, H.L. Westbrook, L.B. Norfleet and J.C. William, Jr. Albert Sidney JOHNSON, retired business man and farmer, b. 1863, Isle of Wight Co., d. 30 Nov 1939, at home, Franklin, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2*, Plot 83), Franklin, 3 Dec 1939, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 8, 1939, p. 5 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt His widow's 1970 obits are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525e1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525a2ob.txt