Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 20, 1994 TAG: 9402210299
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: PEMBROKE LENGTH: Short
OBIT JOHNSON, DRUZILLA GAY
JOHNSON, Druzilla Gay, 86, of Pembroke, died Saturday morning, February 19,
1994 in a Blacksburg hospital. Born in Floyd County on July 17, 1907, she was
a daughter of the late Joshua and Buena Vista Wilson Radford. For many years
she was a member of the New Zion Methodist Church until its closure and a
member of the Lucas Memorial Christian Church. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Mirent Johnson and a son, Billy B. Johnson. She is survived by
two sons, Marcus M. Johnson, Pembroke, James M. Johnson, Catawba; one
daughter, Shelby J. Collins, Pembroke; 11 grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in
the Kendall Funeral Home Chapel, Pembroke. Burial will be in Birchlawn Burial
Park, Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6
to 9 Sunday evening and at other times at the home of her daughter Shelby in
Pembroke.
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