Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
DeathDec 14, 2004 [4624]
BurialRoselawn Memorial Gardens, 1821 Ashley Loop, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina [4624]
FatherJames Weldon JOHNSON (1889-1950)
MotherLena E. GERRINGER (1881-1968)
Spouses
Obituary Online notes for Silas Weldon JOHNSON
REIDSVILLE - (edited)
Silas W. Johnson, 80, died on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 18 at Community Baptist Church.
Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Johnson was born in the Osceola Community to the late James Weldon Johnson and Lena Gerringer Johnson.
He retired from The American Tobacco Company after many years of service and was a member of Community Baptist Church where he was the former Sunday School Superintendent for several years and served on the Board of Trustees.
He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Artres French Johnson of the home and others. [4624]
Silas W. Johnson, 80, died on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 18 at Community Baptist Church.
Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Johnson was born in the Osceola Community to the late James Weldon Johnson and Lena Gerringer Johnson.
He retired from The American Tobacco Company after many years of service and was a member of Community Baptist Church where he was the former Sunday School Superintendent for several years and served on the Board of Trustees.
He was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Artres French Johnson of the home and others. [4624]
Obituary Online notes for Gaity Artres (Spouse 1)
Parents: George B. and Myrtle Strader French
Gaity Artres French Johnson, 83, of Reidsville was healed from her bodily pains in her sleep at home, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 and now worships her Lord for all eternity.
Funeral services will be held at Community Baptist Church with burial following at Roselawn Cemetery.
Artres was born in the Oregon Hill community to George B. and Myrtle Strader French and lived her entire life in Rockingham County, graduating from Ruffin High School and Jones Business School in High Point, NC.
She was first and foremost a wife, mother and homemaker, but still held positions at an auto dealership, the fire department, the school system, Freeway Builders' Supply, and sold World Book Encyclopedias.
An active member of Community Baptist Church here in Reidsville, she loved people and served as a Junior Church teacher, Awana worker, and choir member for many years.
She leaves to cherish her memory, son Derwin and wife Marjorie and granddaughters Kelly and Caroline of Reidsville, and son Stanley, wife Mary and grandson Daniel of Niger, Africa and grandson Ryan of Toccoa, GA; brother Claude French and wife Marion, sister-in-law Virginia Whicker French, a niece like a daughter, Sandi Johnson Emery, and many dear and loved nephews and nieces and their families.
Gone on before her was her husband of 50 years, Silas Johnson,her sister Vivian Johnson and brothers James French and Winfred "Dickie" French
(From WILKERSON FUNERAL HOME website) [4625]
Gaity Artres French Johnson, 83, of Reidsville was healed from her bodily pains in her sleep at home, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 and now worships her Lord for all eternity.
Funeral services will be held at Community Baptist Church with burial following at Roselawn Cemetery.
Artres was born in the Oregon Hill community to George B. and Myrtle Strader French and lived her entire life in Rockingham County, graduating from Ruffin High School and Jones Business School in High Point, NC.
She was first and foremost a wife, mother and homemaker, but still held positions at an auto dealership, the fire department, the school system, Freeway Builders' Supply, and sold World Book Encyclopedias.
An active member of Community Baptist Church here in Reidsville, she loved people and served as a Junior Church teacher, Awana worker, and choir member for many years.
She leaves to cherish her memory, son Derwin and wife Marjorie and granddaughters Kelly and Caroline of Reidsville, and son Stanley, wife Mary and grandson Daniel of Niger, Africa and grandson Ryan of Toccoa, GA; brother Claude French and wife Marion, sister-in-law Virginia Whicker French, a niece like a daughter, Sandi Johnson Emery, and many dear and loved nephews and nieces and their families.
Gone on before her was her husband of 50 years, Silas Johnson,her sister Vivian Johnson and brothers James French and Winfred "Dickie" French
(From WILKERSON FUNERAL HOME website) [4625]