Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Mary E. Hedgepeth, 1929 

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MARY ELLA HEDGEPETH JOHNSON

   Mrs. Mary E. Johnson died Thursday, October 17, at her home at Handsom, age 
66 years.  She was the widow of the late Henry L. Johnson and daughter of the 
late Jack and Peninah Hedgepeth.  She is survived by one brother, J.H. 
Hedgepeth; four sons, Eugene T., Robert L., James C. and Emmett R. Johnson, 
all of Handsom; three daughters, Mrs. S.J. Gilliam of Handsom, Mrs. G.P. Baker 
and Mrs. R.L. Friend of Savannah; 15 grandchildren, the oldest being Linwood 
Johnson, whom she raised from infancy.

   The funeral was conducted from the home on Friday the 18th, by the Rev. 
L.E. Dailey of the Newsoms Baptist church in the absence of Rev. R.H. Marks, 
pastor of Mt. Horeb M.E. Church, of which the deceased had been a member for 
many years.  Interment was made in the old family burying ground near Handsom.

   The body bearers were: J.F. Bishop, G.A. Fowler, Wm. Holland, J.T. Bryant, 
E.R. Story, J.W. Francis, A.P. Porter and C.D. Crumpler.  The casket was 
covered with a double spray of Easter lilies.  There were many other beautiful 
floral contributions, which with the large number of friends present were 
significant of the esteem in which the deceased was held.

   Those from a distance who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert 
Hedgepeth, Delaware Hedgepeth, Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Whitley of Norfolk, Misses 
Elizabeth Hedgepeth and Bettie Simmons of Endicott, Va., Miss Margaret Alston 
of Henderson, N.C., G.P. Baker and R.L. Friend of Savannah, and Mrs. Baker and 
Mrs. Friend, who had been spending several days with Mrs. Johnson during her 
illness.


Mary Ella (HEDGEPETH; Mrs. Henry L.) JOHNSON, 
d. 17 Oct 1929, at home, Handsom, age 66, 
interred in the HEDGEPETH-JOHNSON family cemetery*, Nottoway Farms Dr., 
   31 Oct 1929, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 25, 1929 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-13): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

Additional information: 

H.L. Johnson, 25, Single, b. & res. So.Ampton, 
   sn/o Joshua and Margarette Johnson, Farmer 
Mary Ella Hedgepeth, 22, Single, b. & res. So.Ampton, 
   dt/o John and E. Hedgepeth 
m.lic. 16 Feb 1884 by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 20 Feb 1884, Franklin, by Miles S. Read 
(Southampton Co. MB5:255) 


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