Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Frank R. Jr., 1975 

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FRANK ROY JOHNSON JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - Franklin [sic; Frank] Roy Johnson Jr., 38, of Wakefield, died 
Saturday in Norfolk General Hospital after a long illness. 

  He was a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church, the Dendron Ruritan Club and 
the Farmer's Hunt Club. 

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mabel Goodrich Johnson; three sons, Frank 
Mark Johnson, Neal Hamlin Johnson and Roy Waverly Johnson of Wakefield; a 
brother, Charles William Johnson; a sister, Miss Mary Anne Johnson; and his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Roy Johnson and Murfreesboro, N.C. 

  A funeral service will be conducted in the Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. R.L. Consolvo and the Rev. L.P. Bland.  Burial will be 
in the Rocky Hock church cemetery. 

  Expressions of sympathy should be made in the form of contributions to the 
Ivor Rescue Squad. 

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FRANK ROY JOHNSON JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - A funeral for Frank Roy Johnson, Jr. of Wakefield, who died 
Saturday, will be held at 4 p.m. today in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. 
Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church cemetery. 

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FRANK ROY JOHNSON JR. 

  Frank Roy Johnson, Jr., age 38, died Saturday, March 1, 1975.  Mr. Johnson 
was a prominent Surry County farmer, a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist 
Church.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Goodrich Johnson; three sons, 
Frank Mark Johnson, Neil Hamlin Johnson and Roy Waverly Johnson, all of 
Wakefield; his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. F. Roy Johnson; a brother, Charles 
William Johnson; a sister, Mary Ann Johnson. 

  Funeral services will be held Monday at 4 p.m. in the Purviance Funeral 
Chapel, Wakefield.  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Cemetery.  In lieu of 
flowers, the family request donations be made to Ivor Rescue Squad. 

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ROCKY HOCK CHURCH BULLETIN - REMEMBERING: 
   FRANK ROY JOHNSON, JR. - 1936 - 1975 

  Frank was born in the town of Surry but moved to Murfreesboro, N.C., at the 
age of five.  Frank had a love of farming from an early age.  In his teens, 
he raised vegetables in all the vacant lots in Murfreesboro.  He would sell 
his produce to restaurants and stores as far away as Franklin, Virginia. 
Upon graduating from NC State in 1958, he returned to Surry to farm for his 
grandfather, C.T. Hamlin.  During his years of farming, he won several county 
and state peanut championships for producing the most pounds of peanuts per 
acre.  Frank's farming career and life were shortening due to illness and his 
early death from leukemia in 1975. 

  In 1960 he married Mabel Goodrich, and they and their three sons lived in 
the home where Mabel resides today.  Frank was a member of the Surry Methodist 
Church and served as charge secretary for the Surry Charge.  After his 
marriage, he moved his membership to Rocky Hock Church where he served as an 
assistant secretary for the Sunday school.  He is buried in Rocky Hock 
Cemetery.  His wife gave the steeple atop Rocky Hock Methodist Church in 
memory of Frank (pictured on the front of this bulletin). 

  Thanks to Mabel G. Johnson for this information and the picture. 


Frank Roy JOHNSON, Jr., farmer, formerly of Murfreesboro, NC, 
b. 22 Jun 1936, Surry Co., d. 1 Mar 1975, Norfolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 71*), Surry Co., 
   3 Mar 1975, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 2, 1975, p. 56; 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 3, 1975, p. 5; 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
Rocky Hock Church bulletin 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His in-laws, John Waverly Sr. & Mabel Viola (JOYNER) GOODRICH, 
   are buried in Plot 56B. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #136964685. 

Not included in the Newport News Public Library Daily Press Obituary Index. 
  http://engagedpatrons.org/database/NNObits/index.cfm 

His parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Hertford Co., NC. 
   His father had been a noted author & publisher, producing histories of the 
   Dismal Swamp, the Southampton Insurrection, & the Tuscarora War. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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