Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, James F., 1952 

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JAMES FRANKLIN JOHNSON

JAMES F. JOHNSON

   James Frank Johnson, 73, a native of Southampton County and a resident of 
Franklin for the past 21 years, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Sunday 
morning, February 3, after two years of ill health. 

   Mr. Johnson was the husband of Mrs. Olia Winston Blythe Johnson of Franklin, 
and the son of the late Sidney and Mrs. Maggie L. Johnson of the county. He was 
a member of the Latter Day Saints Church of Roanoke Rapids, N.C. 

   Besides his wife he is survived by five sons, Jack and Ernest Johnson of 
Franklin, Roy Haywood and James Forrest Johnson of Roanoke Rapids, and Linwood 
Allen Johnson of Sanford, N.C.; five daughters, Mrs. Lottie Pace of Roanoke 
Rapids, and Mrs. Hazel Wilmouth, Mrs. Elizabeth Councill, Mrs. Christine Ricks 
and Mrs. Evelyn Tabor, all of Franklin; 16 grandchildren and two great- 
grandchildren; three brothers, Johnnie Johnson of Franklin, Sidney Johnson of 
Suffolk, and Claude Johnson of Walters; and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Johnson 
Brewer of Emporia. 

   Funeral services for Mr. Johnson were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock 
in Bethel Friends Meetinghouse, followed by interment in Beechwood cemetery, 
Boykins. 

   The pallbearers wer Herbert Blythe, Otis Blythe, Louis Cranford, Paul 
Johnson, Albert Pulley, and Johnny Vaughan. 


[James Frank JOHNSON, d. 3 Feb 1952, age 73, 
 bd. Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 5 Feb 1952, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 8 Feb 1952] 

[file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.]