Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, James W., 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ DEATH OF AN INFANT James Wade Johnson, seven days old, son of John E. and Edith N. Johnson of Boykins, died in the hospital at Roanoke Rapids on Sunday, September 28. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, by Rev. N.B. Habel, pastor of the Boykins Baptist Church. The sympathy of their friends go to the grieving parents in their time of bereavement. James Wade JOHNSON, son of John Ellis & Edith Mae (VINSON) JOHNSON, b. 21 Sep 1947, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co., NC, d. 28 Sep 1947, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax Co., NC, interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 208*), Boykins, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 41, No. 49, Fri., Oct. 3, 1947, p. 5 *Additional information: His parents are buried in the same plot. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Betty Smith - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #68287959. D.Cert. 19715 (Roanoke Rapids #107) states he was about a month premature. His father's obit appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 7, 1996. His mother's obit appeared in the "Virginian-Pilot," Nov. 2, 2002. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525j42o.txt