THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, September 15, 1995 TAG: 9509150450
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J.C. Johnson Jr., 73, of the 23000 block of Calvin Drive, died Sept. 14, 1995.
Mr. Johnson was a longtime resident of Handsom and was the son of the late James Clee and Pearl Ritter Johnson. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church. He had retired from farming and from the Postal Service as a rural mail carrier.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie Bailey Johnson; two daughters, Terry J. Bell and husband, Stan, of Franklin, and Betty J. Pendley and her husband Nate, of Clemmons, N.C.; two sisters, Ruby J. Wiggins and Shirley J. Mason, both of Richmond; five grandchildren, Chris Bell, Betsy Bell, Elizabeth Pendley, Nicholas Pendley, and Katie Pendley. Mr. Johnson was predeceased by two brothers, Luke and Boots Johnson.
A graveside funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Southampton Memorial Park, by the Rev. Derrick Koolman and the Rev. Kenneth Williams. The family will receive friends at the residence, and suggest memorials be made to Mt. Horeb V.M.C., c/o Mrs. James Bryant, 25165 Gen. Thomas Highway, Newsoms, Va. 23874, or Southampton Academy, Courtland, Va. 23837. Wright Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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