Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameJames Lee JOHNSON 
3, James Lee Johnston
3, James Lee JohnstonBirthbef Jan 25, 19173, James Lee Johnston
Deathbef Jan 28, 20153, James Lee Johnston
BurialPine Hill (Burlington) Cemetery, Main St, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, James Lee Johnston
FlagsUS Army, World War II
Obituary Online notes for James Lee JOHNSON
1/27/2015
James Lee Johnston
James Lee Johnston, 98, was born in Orange County, N.C., and was the sixth child of Charles Henry Johnston and Hattie Anne Smith Johnston.
Except for the last few years and several years of service in the U.S. Army, he lived and worked in the Burlington, N.C. area. He retired from P. Lorillard Inc. A decorated World War II combat veteran, he served as a Staff Sergeant during the Battle of the Bulge with the 78th Infantry Division.
He was preceded in death by all his sisters, Fannie Byrd, Beatrice Wright, Hattie Mae Cates, Margaret Andrews and Edna Comer; and all his brothers, Glenn, Henry, Gordon and Elwood. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Imogene Hobby Johnston, in 1998.
Left to cherish his memory are his daughter Carolyn Hatcher and husband Wayne; granddaughter, Dawn Hatcher and her children Brandon, Darren, and Heather Broughton; grandson, James Hatcher and wife JoLyn and their children Claudia, Megan and Lacy; many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
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will be held at Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington Wednesday evening, Jan. 28, between 6 and 8 p.m.
Graveside service and burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. Daniel Brock, of First Baptist Church of Burlington and a long-time friend of the family, will officiate.
Condolences may be offered at www.richandthompson.com 3, James Lee Johnston
James Lee Johnston
James Lee Johnston, 98, was born in Orange County, N.C., and was the sixth child of Charles Henry Johnston and Hattie Anne Smith Johnston.
Except for the last few years and several years of service in the U.S. Army, he lived and worked in the Burlington, N.C. area. He retired from P. Lorillard Inc. A decorated World War II combat veteran, he served as a Staff Sergeant during the Battle of the Bulge with the 78th Infantry Division.
He was preceded in death by all his sisters, Fannie Byrd, Beatrice Wright, Hattie Mae Cates, Margaret Andrews and Edna Comer; and all his brothers, Glenn, Henry, Gordon and Elwood. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Imogene Hobby Johnston, in 1998.
Left to cherish his memory are his daughter Carolyn Hatcher and husband Wayne; granddaughter, Dawn Hatcher and her children Brandon, Darren, and Heather Broughton; grandson, James Hatcher and wife JoLyn and their children Claudia, Megan and Lacy; many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Viewing
will be held at Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington Wednesday evening, Jan. 28, between 6 and 8 p.m.
Graveside service and burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. Daniel Brock, of First Baptist Church of Burlington and a long-time friend of the family, will officiate.
Condolences may be offered at www.richandthompson.com 3, James Lee Johnston