Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, O. Thomas, 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ OSCAR THOMAS JOHNSON Oscar Thomas Johnson, age 31, son of Mrs. Emma J. Councill and the late George Johnson died at his late home Thursday evening, October 22, after a long illness. Besides his mother he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Mulder Johnson; one daughter Audrey Johnson; three sons, George, Milton and Oscar Johnson, Jr., also several half-brothers and sisters. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.K. Holman from the home Friday afternoon with burial in the family cemetery nearby. Mrs. H.M. Purviance and Mrs. A.M. Williams of Boykins sung several favorite hymns. The pallbearers were: Harry Fowler, Spurgeon Gilliam, Robert Johnson, E.T. Johnson, Tillman Bailey and Alonzo Whitley. Oscar Thomas JOHNSON, d. 22 Oct 1936, age 31, interred in the JOHNSON family cemetery*, Handsom, 23 Oct 1936, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 30, 1936 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-63): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt Additional information: His paternal grandfather's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 5, 1935) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525d2ob.txt His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 29, 1949, p. 15) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525h5ob.txt She is buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Section 2, Plot 86B. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt His mother is buried in Poplar Spring - Section 2, Plot 64A. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt Pregnant when his father d. 26 Sep 1910, his mother remarried- WILLIAM THOMAS COUNCILL, 28, S, SO.CO., SO.CO., FARMER, S/O WILLIAM EDWIN AND ROSA BELL COBB COUNCILL M. 01-31-1912 SOUTHAMPTON CO., VA, BY REV. C.H. ROWLAND, CHRISTIAN EMMA J. SMITH JOHNSON, 24, W, NORTH CAROLINA, SO.CO., D/O SHELTON AND MARTHA ANN HOWELL SMITH *WIDOW OF GEORGE ROBERT JOHNSON (MB14:484; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders.) 22. m. 01/31/1912 Southampton Co., by C.H. Rowland Thomas Councill, 28, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., Farmer, sn/o Billie & R. Councill Emma J. Johnson, 24, widowed, b. NC, res. Southampton Co., dt/o Shelton & M. Smith (Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS Copy}: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb14pt.txt) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525o1ob.txt