Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Mary M., 1921 

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MARY McPHATTER JOHNSON

   Our town has lost one of its choicest citizens in the death of Miss Mary 
McPhatter Johnson, who, on the evening of November 4, after a long and heroic 
struggle, passed peacefully.

   Miss Johnson was the second daughter of William and Sallie Flowers Johnson 
of this town and was born in Scotland County*, N.C., December 23, 1874, where 
she resided until 1904 when the family moved to the Franklin community, 
removing to Franklin a few months ago.  For a number of years until failing 
health prevented, she taught in the schools of the town and district where her 
efficient service and affectionate interest in her pupils made for her a wide 
circle of friends.

   At the early age of twelve she was converted and baptized into the 
membership of the Spring Hill Baptist Church, transferring her membership to 
the Franklin Baptist Church when she moved here and remaining a most devoted 
and useful member until her death.  She was a woman of most excellent 
qualities, in her everyday life, emphasizing the things that crown character 
with beauty and strength. Her life radiated the sunshine of cheerfulness and 
breathed the aroma of unselfish love. All through her long and painful illness 
she manifested a spirit of patience and courage that challenged the admiration 
and wonder of all who knew her. She knew life at its best and looked forward 
with eager anticipation to the unfettered life into which she has been 
translated.

   She is survived by her parents; by two brothers, T.P. Johnson of 
Philadelphia and J.A. Johnson of Franklin; by three sisters, Mrs. Geo. W. 
Livermon and Miss Sallie Johnson of Norfolk and Miss Carrie Johnson of this 
town and by many close relatives in North Carolina.

   The funeral services were conducted from the residence Saturday afternoon 
at 4 o'clock by Rev. M.A. MacLean of the Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. J.A. 
Chapman of the M.E. Church, interment following in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 
The pallbearers were W.H. Lankford, J.F. Bryant, R.E. L. Watkins, J.N. Bell, 
J.B. Gay, W.O. Bristow, Dr. B.J. Ray, C.A. Cutchins, Jr.

*Scotland Co., NC, was formed from Richmond Co. in 1899. 

Mary McPhatter JOHNSON, retired teacher, 
b. 23 Dec 1874, Scotland Co., NC, d. 4 Nov 1921, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 88A*), Franklin, 
   5 Nov 1921, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 11, 1921, p. 1 

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

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 12, 1930, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525s5ob.txt 


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