Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Martha J. Smith, 1933 

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MARTHA JANE SMITH JOHNSON

   Mrs. Martha J. Johnson, wife of the late John Wesley Johnson of Sedley died 
Saturday, April 1, at the home of her son, J.P. Johnson, of Sedley.  Mrs. 
Johnson was born in North Carolina, August 23, 1858, the daughter of the late 
Mr. and Mrs. Littleberry Smith.

   Surviving her are one daughter, Mrs. O.L. Matthews of Murfreesboro; three 
sons, J.B. Johnson of Emporia, L.E. Johnson of Murfreesboro, and J.P. Johnson 
of Sedley.

   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, April 2, at the grave in the 
family cemetery near Boykins with Rev. E. Rives Ferguson, pastor of the Sedley 
Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. J.W. Trimmer of Emporia.  Music 
was furnished my Mrs. K.H. Howell and Miss Frances Wade.  Active pallbearers 
were L.A. Hill, M. Turner, James Blythe, J.F. Copeland, D.L. Tillery, C. 
Ferguson, H.H. Chappell and Luther Worrell.


Martha Jane (SMITH; John W.) JOHNSON, of Sedley, 
b. 23 Aug 1858, NC, d. 1 Apr 1933, at son's home, Sedley, 
interred in the JOHNSON family cemetery*, near Boykins, 2 Apr 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 14, 1933 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-5): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 


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