Southampton-Cumberland County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Lemma M. Garrett, 1956 

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LEMMA MOSS GARRETT JOHNSON 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Lemma Garrett Johnson, 61, well-known resident of 
Franklin, who died Saturday, September 15, about 8 p.m., in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after an illness of many months, were conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. 
in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home.  Rev. Ira D. 
Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, officiated.

   Mrs. Johnson, a native of Cumberland County, came to Southampton County in 
1915 as a teacher in the Webb School near Delaware and later married the late 
James A. Johnson of the Franklin community.

   She was a member of High Street Methodist Church and an alumnus of State 
Teachers College, Farmville, now Longwood College.  She was a former president 
of the Franklin Parent-Teacher Association, and in more recent years was 
connected with the Welfare Department of Southampton County.

   Surviving are two sons, James A. Johnson, Jr., of Richmond and John William 
Johnson of Savannah, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Wright of 
Smithfield and Mrs. Mary Winston Johnson Briggs of Franklin; three 
grandchildren; three brothers, Douglas Garrett of Hopewell; William H. Garrett 
of Cumberland and Charles F. Garrett of Canton, Miss.; two sister, Mrs. R.T. 
Tompkins of Suffolk and Mrs. R.E. Amis of Virgilina.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were J.T. 
Vaughan, Robert R. Faison, George Watkins, W.R. Emmons, Cecil C. Vaughan, 3rd, 
B.T. Watkins, William H. Cutchin and H.G. Cobb, Sr.

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LEMMA MOSS GARRETT JOHNSON 

   FRANKLIN - Sept. 16 - Mrs. Lemma Garrett Johnson, 61, died Saturday at a 
Franklin hospital.  A native of Cumberland County, she moved to Southampton 
County in 1915 as a school teacher.  She was the widow of James A. Johnson. 
Surviving are two sons, James A. Johnson of Richmond and John Williams Johnson 
of Savannah, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wright of Smithfield and 
Mrs. Mary Winston Johnson Briggs of Franklin; three brothers, Douglas Garrett 
of Hopewell, William Garrett of Cumberland and Charles F. Garrett of Canton, 
Miss., and two sisters, Mrs. R.T. Tompkins of Suffolk and Mrs. R.E. Amis of 
Virgilina.  A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home, with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Lemma Moss (GARRETT; Mrs. James A. {Sr.}) JOHNSON, former teacher, 
Cumberland Co. native, d. 15 Sep 1956, Franklin, age 61, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 88*), Franklin, 
   17 Sep 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 20, 1956, p. 6A; 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Sep. 17, 1956, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," June 25, 1943, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525j20o.txt 


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