Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Lewis C., 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LEWIS CLINTON JOHNSON ZUNI - Lewis Clinton (Buddy Boy) Johnson, 68, died in his home Saturday afternoon. A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of Thomas and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Horne Johnson. He was a member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church and Zuni Masonic Lodge. He was a merchant and a farmer 45 years and a partner in Ivor Oil Co. and Bracey & Johnson Co. He is survived by his wife, Eva Horne Johnson, a son, Lewis Homer Johnson, and a daughter, Mrs. Joe E. Hobbs, both of Zuni; two sisters, Mrs. William Spain of Suffolk and Mrs. Grover Harrison of Zuni; and a grandson. A funeral service was held Monday at 3 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Donald McNair and the Rev. Harry Christie. Burial was in Tucker Swamp Church cemetery. [Lewis Clinton "Buddy Boy" JOHNSON, merchant and farmer, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 17 Jul 1965, at home, age 68, interred in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 19 Jul 1965, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 22, 1965, p. 2] [*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-24): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525l9ob.txt