Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Joseph B., 1948 

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JOSEPH BADGER JOHNSON 

   Joseph Badger Johnson, 70, a native of Southampton County and a resident of 
Capron for the past twenty-two years, died last Friday night, March 12, in the 
home of Mrs. J.L. Kelly in Capron after a lingering illness.

   He was the son of the late John H. and Cornelia Revelle Johnson, also of 
this county, and is survived by a daughter, Miss Ruth Cornelia Johnson, who 
makes her home with Mrs. Kelly.  His wife, Annie Griffin Johnson, preceded him 
to the grave more than seventeen years ago.  He was a member of Clarksbury 
Methodist Church.

   Funeral services for Mr. Johnson were conducted at the grave in Capron 
cemetery Monday afternoon at two o’clock by Rev. L.D. Stables of Union Level, 
a former pastor of the Capron Methodist Church, assisted by Revs. A.W. 
Linthieum and H.B. Jennings.

   During the service Joel Holland of Murfreesboro sang "Sunrise" and "The 
Christian’s Good Night."  The casket was covered with a pall of pink and white 
carnations.

   Pallbearers were James D. Edwards, William B. Edwards, Carl F. Edwards, 
W.H. Story, Dr. J.J. Grizzard, R.B. Vaughan, W.E. Miles, and L.R. Magee.


Joseph Badger JOHNSON, of Capron, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 Mar 1948, at daughter's home, Capron, age 70, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 15 Mar 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 19, 1948, p. 11 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His wife is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms, as are her parents. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-42 & -38): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 6, 1931) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525a14o.txt  


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