22 January 2013

Everett Johnson Obituary

 Transcribed from the Jonesboro Sun, Arkansas, newspaper published 22 January 1985:

Everett Johnson, 88, 420 Mildred, Trumann, died Monday morning in Methodist Hospital in Jonesboro.  Born in Harrisburg, Illinois, he had lived in Trumann most of his life.  A retired farmer and Baptist, he was an Army veteran of World War I and a member of the Trumann American Legion Post 42.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Willie Johnson of the home; five daughters, Mrs. Virginia Gullett, Camp Verde, Arizona; Mrs. Edith Randleman, Zelma, Missouri; Mrs. Jane Warlow, Torrance, California; Mrs. Catherine Dickens, Jacksonville and Mrs. Patricia Woo, Flagstaff, Arizona; three sons, Clarence Johnson, Trumann; Ben Johnson and Charles Berry Johnson, both of West Memphis; one sister, Mrs. Katie Daniels, Houston, Texas; 27 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Thompson Funeral Home
Mt. Pisgah Cemetery

Everett Johnson's sister Katie Daniel(s) was my grandmother.


United States Census, 1940
event place: Willis Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States
Household  Gender Age Birthplace
head Everett Johnson M 42  Illinois
wife Willie Mae Johnson F 40  Arkansas
son Clarence Johnson M 17  Arkansas
daughter Virginia Johnson F 16  Arkansas
daughter Edith Johnson F 13 Arkansas
son Bim Johnson M  12 Arkansas
son Hiram Johnson M 9  Arkansas
daughter Letty Lou Johnson F 7  Arkansas
daughter Mary Kathryn Johnson F 5  Arkansas
son Berry Johnson M 3 Arkansas
daughter Patricia Ann Johnson  F 0 Arkansas


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