Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Earl R., 1935 

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EARL RITTER JOHNSON

FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MENINGITIS VICTIM

   Funeral services for Earl Ritter Johnson of Handsom, who died last Friday 
night from a sudden attack of spinal meningitis, were held in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery here last Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock, with Rev. J.K. Holman of 
Newsoms officiating.  Newsoms High School classmates of the deceased acted as 
pallbearers, the floral offerings being varied and beautiful.

   Earl Ritter Johnson, known to his friends as "Luke," was fifteen years old 
and the son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Johnson of the Handsom community.  He was 
taken suddenly ill while in a classroom at the Newsoms school last Thursday, 
and died at his home within a day from the time of his first attack.  Earl was 
of a quiet and lovable disposition and his death at such an early age was 
particularly distressing to his parents and friends in the community.  He is 
survived by his parents; two brothers, Burdenelle and J.C. Johnson, Jr., and 
two sisters, Ruby and Shirley Johnson and by a number of relatives in the 
community.

   The mother of the deceased and a brother, J.C. Jr., and sister, Ruby, are 
still in quarantine at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, where their condition is 
serious.


Earl Ritter "Luke" JOHNSON, Newsoms H.S. student, 
son of James C. and Pearle (RITTER) JOHNSON, 
d. 31 May 1935, at home, Handsom, age 15, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 95*), Franklin, 
   23 May 1935, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 24, 1935, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 5, 1969, Section II, p. 12) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525j18o.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 10, 1980, p. 16A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525p1ob.txt 


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