Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Nannie B., 1957 

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NANNIE BELLE CARTER JOHNSON

Mrs. Nannie C. Johnson

   Mrs. Nannie Carter Johnson, 85, died Saturday, November 30, at the home of 
her grandson, Russell Bryant, near Newsoms after a long illness. 

   She was the daughter of the late J. W. and Mrs. Rhoda* Carter and the wife 
of the late Samuel Hugh Johnson, Sr.  She was a native of North Carolina but 
had resided in Southampton County most of her life.  She was a member of the 
Boykins Baptist Church. 

   Surviving are three sons, J. H. Story, S. H. Story and Samuel H. Johnson, 
Jr., all of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; six daughters, Mrs. Bennie C. Gray, Sr., of 
Franklin, Mrs. J. L. Pope of Branchville; Mrs. Dellie R. Vick of Courtland, 
Mrs. Donald C. Manry of Capron and Mrs. James A. Ferguson and Mrs. Harvey J. 
Porter, both of Newsoms; 38 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a sister-
in-law, Mrs. Linda Carter of Franklin, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon in the Boykins Baptist 
Church by the pastor, Rev. Ben B. Ussery, Rev. L. L. Smith, pastor of the 
Newsoms Baptist Church and Rev. David Willis, pastor of the Capron Methodist 
Church.  Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 

   Active pallbearers were James A. Ferguson, Jr., Bennie C. Gray, Jr., Eppa 
J. Gray, Harvey J. Porter, Jr., Kenneth G. Porter and Bobby C. Vick, all 
grandsons of Mrs. Johnson. 


Nannie Belle (CARTER; Mrs. Samuel H. Sr.) JOHNSON, 
NC native, d. 30 Nov 1957, near Newsoms, age 85, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section I, Plot 4**), Boykins, 
   2 Dec 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 12, 1957 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 15, 1940) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525s2ob.txt 

Their marriage is not found in the Southampton Co. records. 

*A widow Rhoda CARTER 2m. 09-28-1899 widower F.T. SIMMONS (So.Co. MB10:7) 


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