Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Otis R. Sr., 1967 

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OTIS RYLAND JOHNSON 

   WINDSOR - A funeral service for Otis Ryland Johnson Sr., was conducted 
Monday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. James Griffin 
and the Rev. Jesse H. King.  Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.

   Pallbearers were Clyde L. Brock, Cecil S. Rhodes, O.B. Jordan, James H. 
Hill, Louis F. Byrum, James H. Holland, the Rev. Lloyd Smith and Thomas J. 
Bradshaw.

   Johnson, 54, died Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, 
Suffolk.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Herbert and Mrs. Nonnie 
Fuller Johnson and the husband of Mrs. Margaret Johnson.

   He was a member of Whitehead Grove Baptist Church and Fellowship Class.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by three sons, Otis R. Johnson Jr. of 
Portsmouth, Robert Merritt Johnson of Nansemond County, and William Herbert 
Johnson of Windsor; a sister, Mrs. Amos Drake of Jacksonville, Fla.; and 
seven brothers, Dallas Johnson of Courtland, Joshua Johnson of Norfolk, 
Willie Johnson and David Johnson of Capron, Edward Lee Johnson and Johnnie 
Johnson of Franklin, and Robert B. Johnson of Suffolk.

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  Funeral services for Otis Ryland Johnson Sr., who died Friday, were 
conducted 2 p.m. Monday in the I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home, by the 
Rev. James Griffin and the Rev. Jesse H. King.

  Burial was in the Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.  Pallbearers were Clyde 
L. Brock, Cecil S. Rhodes, O.B. Jordan, James H. Hill, Rev. Lloyd Smith, 
Thomas J. Bradshaw, Lewis F. Byrum and James H. Holland.


Otis Ryland JOHNSON, Sr., Windsor farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 24 Nov 1967, Suffolk, age 44, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 27 Nov 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 30, 1967, p. 4; 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Nov. 28, 1967, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-40): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

His parents are buried in Capron Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 


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