Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, December 28, 1993 TAG: 9312280232
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LEXINGTON LENGTH: Short
OBIT JOHNSON, HUGHEY EDWARD SR.
JOHNSON, Hughey Edward Sr., 69, of Lexington, died Sunday, December 26,
1993, in a local hospital. A son of the late William "Wicks" Johnson and the
late Alice Carey Johnson, he was born August 17, 1924, in Lexington. He was a
member of the First Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II. At his
retirement in 1990 from Virginia Military Institute, he was a custodial
supervisor. Other affiliations include, Lexington City School Board, Friends
of the Library, Board of Directors of the Montessori School. Surviving are his
wife, Eloise Walker Johnson, Lexington; two daughters and sons-in-law,
Marquita J. and Albert Journiette, Anita J. and Albert Davoll, all of Roanoke;
three sons and daughters-in-law, Hughey E. Jr. and Donna Johnson, Lexington,
John S. and Denise Johnson, Sacramento, Calif., Edwin A. and Cassandra M.
Johnson, Lexington; 11 grandchildren; one sister, Mary J. Kenney, Detroit,
Mich.; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Willie and Louise Johnson,
Lexington, Isaac W. Johnson, Washington, D.C., Lenwood and Emma Johnson,
Lexington; his mother-in-law, Alice T. Walker; one brother-in-law and wife,
Edwin T. and Margaret Walker; a sister-in-law, Velma Walker; two devoted
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Shedrick Nicholas, all of Lexington. The family will
receive friends at the Lewis Funeral Home on Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. The
funeral service will be held at the First Baptist Church on Wednesday, 1 p.m.
with the Rev. James B. Harris, Minister, assisted by area clergy. Interment
will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the J.B.
Lewis Funeral Service, Lexington.
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