Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Nannie B., 1957 

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NANNIE BELLE CARTER JOHNSON

Mrs. Nannie C. Johnson

 Mrs. Nannie Carter Johnson, 85, died Saturday, November 30, at the home of her 
grandson, Russell Bryant, near Newsoms after a long illness. 

 She was the daughter of the late J. W. and Mrs. Rhoda Carter and the wife of 
the late Samuel Hugh Johnson, Sr. She was a native of North Carolina but had 
resided in Southampton County most of her life. She was a member of the Boykins 
Baptist Church. 

 Surviving are three sons, J. H. Story, S. H. Story and Samuel H. Johnson, Jr., 
all of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; six daughters, Mrs. Bennie C. Gray, Sr., of 
Franklin, Mrs. J. L. Pope of Branchville; Mrs. Dellie R. Vick of Courtland, 
Mrs. Donald C. Manry of Capron and Mrs. James A. Ferguson and Mrs. Harvey J. 
Porter, both of Newsoms; 38 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a sister-in- 
law, Mrs. Linda Carter of Franklin, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

 Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon in the Boykins Baptist Church 
by the pastor, Rev. Ben B. Ussery, Rev. L. L. Smith, pastor of the Newsoms 
Baptist Church and Rev. David Willis, pastor of the Capron Methodist Church. 
Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 

 Active pallbearers were James A. Ferguson, Jr., Bennie C. Gray, Jr., Eppa J. 
Gray, Harvey J. Porter, Jr., Kenneth G. Porter and Bobby C. Vick, all grandsons 
of Mrs. Johnson. 


[Nannie Belle (CARTER; Mrs. Samuel H. Sr.) JOHNSON, d. 30 Nov 1957, age 85, 
 bd. Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 2 Dec 1957, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 12 Dec 1957] 

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