Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, George L., 1953 

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GEORGE LUTHER JOHNSON 

GEORGE L. JOHNSON 

  George L. Johnson, 79, died suddenly at 4:40 o'clock Thursday afternoon, 
January 8, at the home in Boykins of H.L. Smith.  He was a member of the 
Boykins Baptist Church and of its Men's Bible Class.  His nearest surviving 
kin are nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Boykins 
Baptist Church, with the pastor, Rev. N.B. Habel, officiating, assisted by 
Rev. Marshall W. Anderson.  The choir, with Mrs. Earl W. Bryant at the organ, 
sang "In The Sweet Bye and Bye;" and Mrs. H. F. McCoy sang "Abide With Me." 
The casket was covered with a pall of white roses and red and white 
carnations. 

  Interment was in Beechwood Cemetery. Members of the Men's Bible Class were 
honorary pallbearers.  Active pallbearers were Ed Barkley, James S. Fuller, 
Harvey Griffin, J.W. Holland, Frank N. Lee, Frank R. Stephens, L.L. Story and 
S.J. Wilson. 


George Luther JOHNSON, farmer, 
b. 18 Aug 1873, Southampton Co., d. 8 Jan 1953, near Boykins, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Sect. I, Plot 1*), Boykins, 
   10 Jan 1953, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 48, No. 13, Fri., Jan. 16, 1953, p. 7 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Judy McKinley - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #65081775. 

D.Cert. 2669 (Boykins #1) gives son of Richard & Chaddar. 

He was the son of Miles Richard "Dick" & "Chetta" Chitter Anne (BARNES) 
   JOHNSON. 

He m. widow Annie May (RAWLS VICK) WOODARD 1 Jul 1934.  (M.Reg. #158) 

Annie "Mary" & Hugh Thomas VICK are listed 28 Feb 1926 in the Nansemond Co. 
   M.Reg. (#65), but there was no return.  They actually m. 13 May 1926 in 
   Windsor, Bertie Co., NC.  They div. 2 May 1929; Div.Cert. 29-000951 gives 
   m. 13 Jun 1926 in Windsor, NC.  She 2m. an unknown WOODARD. 

She d. 17 May 1936 and was buried in Eastern State Hospital Cemetery, 
   Williamsburg. 


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