Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, E. Russell, 1959 

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EUGENE RUSSELL JOHNSON 

   IVOR - Eugene Russell Johnson, 55, died Saturday at 9 a.m. in a 
Spartanburg, S.C. , hospital after illness of one week. 

   A native of Southampton County, he had been a salesman for Gordon 
Metal Co., Richmond, for more than 30 years.  He was a son of the late 
Walter T. and Mrs. Nannie Whitfield Johnson. 

   Surviving are one son, Eugene Russell Johnson, Jr., of Spartanburg; 
five sisters, Mrs. Charles W. West of Ivor, Mrs. B.L. Warren of Portsmouth, 
Mrs. G.W. Leigh of Drewryville, Mrs. D.H. Andrew of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. 
E.A. Hatch, Jr., of Wakefield; two brothers, W.T. Johnson, Jr., of Windsor 
and Nathan W. Johnson of Baltimore, and nieces and nephews. 

   A funeral service was held at Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, 
Monday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Horace Twine, pastor of Ivor Baptist Church, 
assisted by the Rev. L.P. Bland, pastor of Wakefield Methodist Church. 
Burial was in Ivor Cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were Willie Brown, W.T. Fort, R.D. Brown, J.W. Gorley, J.T. 
Faircloth, Jr., P.D. Cheatham and W.F. Mallory. 

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E. R. Johnson, 55 Buried December 7 In Ivor Cemetery 

  Eugene Russell Johnson, 55, died Saturday, December 5, 1959, in a 
Spartanburg, S.C., hospital after an illness of one week. 

  A native of Southampton County, he had been a salesman for Gordon Metal Co., 
Richmond, for more than 30 years.  He was a son of the late Walter T. and Mrs. 
Nannie Whitfield Johnson. 

  Surviving are one son, Eugene Russell Johnson Jr. of Spartanburg; five 
sisters, Mrs. Charles W. West, of Ivor; Mrs. B.L. Warren of Portsmouth; Mrs. 
G.W. Leigh of Drewryville; Mrs. D.H. Andrew of Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. E.A. Hatch 
Jr. of Wakefield; two brothers, W.T. Johnson Jr. of Windsor and Nathan W. 
Johnson of Baltimore, and nieces and nephews. 

  A funeral service was held at the Purviance Funeral Chapel, in Wakefield 
Monday at 2:30 P.M. by the Rev. Horace Twine, pastor of the Ivor Baptist 
Church.  Burial was in the Ivor Cemetery. 


Eugene Russell JOHNSON [Sr.], salesman, 
b. 21 Jan 1904, Southampton Co., d. 5 Dec 1959, Spartanburg, SC, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 7 Dec 1959, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 55, No. 14, Thurs., Dec. 10, 1959, 
   Sect. II, p. 2; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 40, No. 50, Thurs., Dec. 10, 1959, p. 1 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103817472. 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," July 5, 1956) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525w1ob.txt 

His mother's (donated 1957) obit, with their marriage record appended, 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525n1ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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