THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 10, 1995 TAG: 9502100446
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NEWSOMS LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
W. Ray Johnson, age 77, a resident of Newsoms, VA, died Wed., Feb. 8, 1995, at Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin. He was a native of North Carolina, a retired employee of Franklin Concrete Company, and a member of Newsoms Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Blanche Russell Johnson, four daughters, Ann E. Porter, Newsoms, Betty E. Ricks, Boykins, Kaye E. Burgess, Boykins, and Rebecca E. Hutson, Calio, a son, Fletcher H. Edwards, Suffolk, three sisters, Lina J. Cooke, Boykins, Norma Lee Cooke, Franklin, and Julia J. Sparkman, Norfolk, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
Funeral services will be held at Purviance Funeral Home, Boykins Chapel, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 1995, at 1:00 p.m. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. and at other times at the residence, 22319 Old Chapel Road, Newsoms. Memorial donations may be made to the Boykins Fire & Rescue Squad.
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