Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, John H. Sr., 1956 

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JOHN HENRY JOHNSON

JOHN H. JOHNSON, SR.

   Funeral services for John Henry Johnson, Sr., 71, who died Thursday 
afternoon, September 13, were conducted Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the chapel 
of W. J. M. Holland and sons Funeral Home with Rev. Clyde Fields, pastor of 
Hunterdale Christian Church, officiating. 

   Mr. Johnson, a native of Southampton County, died in Petersburg Hospital 
after an illness of several months.  He was the son of the late Frank and 
Maggie E. Johnson and the husband of the late Lillian Blythe Johnson of 
Southampton County.  He was a member of Bethel Friends Church near Franklin. 

   Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Marion Louis Hatton of Petersburg and 
Mrs. Margaret Virginia Crumpler of Holland; one son, John Henry Johnson, Jr., 
of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Sidney L. Johnson of Suffolk 
and Claude R. Johnson of Walters; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Brewer of Skippers, 
and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Burial was in the family cemetery near Sedley.  Active pallbearers were 
Paul Johnson, James Daughtrey, Elijah Joyner, Cecil Womble, R. R. Lankford, 
William Councill, Charles Urquhart and Bernard Johnson. 


John Henry JOHNSON, Sr., 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Sep 1956, Petersburg, age 71, 
interred in the BLYTHE family cemetery*, Pond Branch Rd., 15 Sep 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 20, 1956 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-35): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

His parents- his mother, at least- are buried in a JOHNSON family cemetery, 
   on Trinity Church Rd.  The cemetery was damaged during logging, and 
   International Paper erected a single stone- "MAGDELENA JOHNSON FAMILY." 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-57): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

His marriage record - 

John Henry Johnson, 34, s, So.Co., So.Co., farmer, 
   s/o Frank Sidney and Magdalene Elma Johnson Johnson 
m. 01-26-1919 Southampton Co., Va. by Rev. C.H. Rowland 
Lillian Estelle Blythe, 25, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o John J. and Elizabeth Blythe 
(Southampton Co. MB17:362; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

012. m. 01/26/1919, Southampton, by C.H. Rowland 
John H. Johnson, 34, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o F.S. & M.E. Johnson, Farming 
Lillian E. Blythe, 25, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o John & Elizabeth Blythe 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb17pt.txt) 

His parents' marriage record - 

Frank S. Johnson, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Joseph & [blank] Johnson, Farmer 
Maggie E. Johnson, 25, s, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o R.T. & Fannie Johnson 
m.lic. 15 Dec 1884, by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 18 Dec 1884, So.ampton - "My Residence" by M.B. Barrett 
(Southampton Co. MB5:354) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carol Stevens, 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525j4ob.txt