Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Benjamin F., 1933 

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JOHNSON

   Benjamin Franklin Johnson died Wednesday afternoon at Raiford Hospital in 
his 65th year, after a brief illness.  Mr. Johnson, who was a native of North 
Carolina, had made his home in Franklin for 50 years and had been an employee 
of the Camp Manufacturing Company for about 18 years.  He is survived by his 
wife who was before her marriage, Miss Grace Sledge of Littleton, N.C., a 
brother, M.H. Johnson of Franklin, two nephews, three nieces and a large 
number of friends.

   Funeral services were held from the home in Chestnut Street yesterday 
afternoon at 4 o’clock by the Rev. J. Sutherland-Watt, interment following in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The pallbearers were; L.A. Whitley, F.W. Wellons, 
W.H. Jones of A., C.F. Whitfield, Frank Bunch, M.F. Redford, P.H. Drake and T. 
Cleveland Whitley.  Mr. Johnson was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church 
and of the Bruner Bible Class, members of the class acting as honorary bearers.


Benjamin Franklin JOHNSON, of Franklin, 
NC native, d. 9 Aug 1933, Franklin, age 65, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 1, Plot 69A*), Franklin, 
   10 Aug 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 11, 1933 

*His mother Martha is also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

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