Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Frank H., 1942 

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FRANCIS HOLLAND JOHNSON

FRANK H. JOHNSON IS HURT LAST SATURDAY, SUCCUMBS ON TUESDAY

South Quay Bridge-keeper Hit By Automobile on Bridge Last Saturday.

   Frank Holland Johnson, 69, a resident of the South Quay community near 
Franklin, was fatally injured when struck by an automobile on the South Quay 
Bridge last Saturday afternoon at about 4 o’clock.  Mr. Johnson was taken to 
Raiford Hospital here and lived until Tuesday afternoon, dying about 1:30 from 
contusion of the brain and other injuries.

   It was reported that Mr. Johnson, who was bridge keeper at South Quay, 
stepped out of the little control house at the Nansemond County end of the 
bridge, and walked directly into the path of a car driven by Johnnie H. 
Lawrence, 31 year old colored man.  Lawrence told authorities that he could 
not avoid striking Mr. Johnson because a truck was approaching and he had to 
keep to his right-hand side of the bridge.  He was headed toward Nansemond.

   The arrest was made by State Trooper D.C. Udell of Franklin, who booked 
Lawrence on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

   Mr. Johnson was a well-known resident of his community, where he had spent 
his life. He was the son of the late Robert and Frances Vaughan Johnson of 
Nansemond and was a member of South Quay Baptist Church.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Addie Everett Johnson; five daughters, Mrs. 
Edith Lee Kello of Courtland, Mrs. Lucy L. Scott of Franklin, Mrs. Vince 
Shortt of New Castle, Ind., Mrs. Walter W. Rangley of Franklin and Mrs. 
Winston E. Wallace of Alexandria; five grandchildren, three brothers, George 
Tom Johnson of Franklin, Dr. J.R.L. Johnson of Williamsburg and Jesse B. 
Johnson of Franklin, and several nephews.

   Services were held from the residence Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock by 
the Rev. W.L. Lumpkin of Holland, assisted by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of 
Franklin and the Rev. C.V. Morris of  Capron.  Burial was in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery here, pallbearers being Jesse Johnson, Jr., Charles Johnson, Lawrence 
Johnson, Bruce Johnson, J.B. Johnson, Joseph and Thomas Brickhouse and Lee 
Everett.


"Frank" Francis Holland JOHNSON, of South Quay, bridge-keeper, 
Nansemond Co. native, 
struck 6 Feb 1942, South Quay bridge, d. 10 Feb 1942, Franklin, age 69, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 16*), Franklin, 
   11 Feb 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 13, 1942, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 24, 1943) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525a11o.txt 


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