by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 TAG: 9304140286 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT JOHNSTON, JAMES HUGH
JOHNSTON, James Hugh, 74, of Salem and formerly of Christiansburg, died Tuesday, April 13, 1993, in a local hospital. He was a native of West Virginia, and was a U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Elsie Powers Johnston; two sons and one daughter-in-law, James David "Buster" Johnston, Phillip D. and Joanne C. Johnston, and two daughters and sons-in-law, Georgia and Cecil Ferguson, Lisa and Mark Hollingsworth, all of Roanoke. Also surviving are one sister, Mareen Barlow, Baltimore, Md.; and two grandchildren, Seth Hugh Johnston and Caroline Hollingsworth, both of Roanoke. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at the John M. Oakey & Son Chapel in Salem. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. in Resthaven Cemetery, Princeton, W.Va. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Friends who wish to do so, may make contributions to the Salem Rescue Squad or to the Serenity House in Pilot, Va. Arrangements by John M. Oakey & Son, Salem.