Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, John H. Sr., 1956 

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JOHN HENRY JOHNSON

JOHN H. JOHNSON, SR.

 Funeral services for John Henry Johnson, Sr., 71, who died Thursday afternoon, 
September 13, were conducted Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the chapel of W. J. M. 
Holland and sons Funeral Home with Rev. Clyde Fields, pastor of Hunterdale 
Christian Church, officiating. 

 Mr. Johnson, a native of Southampton County, died in Petersburg Hospital after 
an illness of several months. He was the son of the late Frank and Maggie E. 
Johnson and the husband of the late Lillian Blythe Johnson of Southampton 
County. He was a member of Bethel Friends Church near Franklin. 

 Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Marion Louis Hatton of Petersburg and 
Mrs. Margaret Virginia Crumpler of Holland; one son, John Henry Johnson, Jr., 
of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Sidney L. Johnson of Suffolk and 
Claude R. Johnson of Walters; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Brewer of Skippers, and a 
number of nieces and nephews. 

 Burial was in the family cemetery near Sedley. Active pallbearers were Paul 
Johnson, James Daughtrey, Elijah Joyner, Cecil Womble, R. R. Lankford, William 
Councill, Charles Urquhart and Bernard Johnson. 


[John Henry JOHNSON, Sr., d. 13 Sep 1956, age 71, 
 bd. family cemetery, near Sedley, 15 Sep 1956, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 20 Sep 1956] 

[file transcribed by Carol Stevens, and re-formatted by File Manager.]