Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, James C., 1969 

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JAMES CLEE JOHNSON

   HANDSOM - A funeral service for James Clee Johnson was conducted Tuesday 
at 2 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Harry Bunch of 
Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
Franklin.

   Pallbearers were W.R. Bishop, E.E. Drake, Woodrow Wilson, Delbert 
Whitehead, W.E. Beale, Wallace Mason, R.D. Smith and J.L. Porter Jr.

   Johnson, 78 died Sunday in Maple Lawn Nursing Home, Blackstone.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Pearl Ritter Johnson and son of Henry L. and 
Mrs. Mary Hedgepeth Johnson.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a member of Mt. Horeb Methodist 
Church.

   He was a retired farmer.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two sons, J.C. Johnson Jr. of Handsom 
and Burtenelle Johnson of Emporia; two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Wiggins of 
Richmond and Mrs. Shirley Mason of Franklin; a brother, R.E. Johnson of 
Courtland; three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Gilliam and Mrs. Manie Baker of 
Handsom and Mrs. Lillian Spencer of Hamlet, N.C.; and nine grandchildren.


James Clee JOHNSON (Sr.), retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Jun 1969, Blackstone, age 78, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 95*), Franklin, 
   3 Jun 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 5, 1969, Section II, p. 12 

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

His widow'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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