Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, George W., 1930 

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GEORGE W. JOHNSON

   George W. Johnson, aged 24, died in Williamsburg Saturday, May 17, after an 
illness of six months duration.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Johnson 
of Sedley and is survived by his parents, five brothers and five sisters, his 
grandmother, Mrs. Saphronia Johnson and many relatives and friends.

   Mr. Johnson was a industrious and prosperous farmer, a good neighbor, a 
Christian young man.  He was a member of the Sedley Baptist Church.  Funeral 
services were conducted by his Pastor, Rev. R.P. Welch, and by Rev. W.M. Hall 
of Ivor at his late home near Sedley Monday afternoon at two o’clock. 
Appropriate hymns were sung and a solo by Mrs. W.S. Urquhart.

   The body bearers were Edwin Babb, B.F. Hancock, Jr., H.S. Hancock, Willie 
Taylor, Luther Lowe, Charlie Gay, Otis Crumpler and J.D. Owen.  Burial was 
made in the family plot in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.


George W. JOHNSON, of Sedley, 
d. 17 May 1930, Williamsburg, age 24, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 19 May 1930, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 23, 1930 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-39 & -41): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 


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