Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, John P., 1972 

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JOHN PAUL JOHNSON

   BOYKINS - A funeral service for John Paul Johnson, 86, of Boykins, was 
conducted Thursday, August 10, at 3 p.m. in the McDowell Funeral Home with 
the Rev. James T. Campbell.

   Burial was in the Beechwood Cemetery in Boykins.

   Pallbearers were Benjamin Porter, W.R. Emmons, Victor B. Grizzard, Roy 
Vann, Robert B. Poland and William Taylor.

   Johnson died Tuesday night at Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, Mr. Johnson was the husband of the late 
Mrs. Pearl Hill Johnson, and a son of John Wesley and Mrs. Mary Jane Smith 
Johnson.  He was a retired retail sales clerk, and was a member of the 
Boykins Baptist Church.

   Surviving is one brother, Joseph Benjamin Johnson Sr. of Boykins; five 
nephews, Bernard Edward Johnson of Lynchburg, John Johnson of Boykins, J.B. 
Johnson, Jr. of Sedley, John Matthews of Greensboro, N.C., and Clessie 
Matthews of Murfreesboro, N.C.


John Paul JOHNSON, of Boykins, retired retail sales clerk, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 8 Aug 1972, Franklin, age 86, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Sect. G, Plot 3, unmarked*), Boykins, 
   10 Aug 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 17, 1972, A-6 

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

His parents are buried in a JOHNSON family cemetery, on Fullers Mill Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 14, 1933) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525m5ob.txt 


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