Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, John E., 1956 

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JOHN EVERETTE JOHNSON

JOHN E. JOHNSON

   John Everette Johnson, 89, a native of Southampton County but a resident 
of Portsmouth for the past three years, died Thursday, July 12, at 2:34 p.m. 
at Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth, after a short illness. 

   Mr. Johnson, a retired farmer, was the husband of the late Mrs. Mary Bryant 
Johnson and the son of the late William and Mrs. Evaline Griffin Johnson of 
Southampton County. He was a member of the Boykins Baptist Church. 

   Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Estelle J. Johnson, Mrs. Mildred A. 
Clark and Mrs. Texie B. Askew, all of Norfolk; one son, Walter L. Johnson of 
Portsmouth; four grandchildren, eight step grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. 
Daisey Smith of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. and Mrs. Cora Taylor of Courtland. 

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of the 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. John P. Stephenson, pastor of the 
Franklin Presbyterian Church.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 

   Pallbearers were Thomas E., Edward Lewis, Robert B., Joshua B., Jr., 
Willie, Dallas, Otis R. and Herbert M. Johnson. 


John Everette JOHNSON, of Portsmouth, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 12 Jul 1956, Portsmouth, age 89, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1H, Plot 7/8*), Boykins, 14 Jul 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 19, 1956 

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


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