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Harold N. Johnson

Original Obituary from The San Angelo Standard Times- On line, April 29, 1998

Extract of original Obituary

Harold Johnson

GOLDTHWAITE - Harold N. Johnson, age 79, of Priddy died Tuesday, April 28, 1998, in a Temple, texas hospital.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Zion Cemetery in Priddy, Texas .

He was born Jan. 26, 1919, in Trimble, Ohio, the son of Lolie and Armina (Hogue) Johnson. and had been a resident of Priddy since 1980.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, as well as a carpenter.

Survivors include his wife, Velma ``Tuffy'' Johnson of Priddy; a son, David Johnson of Priddy; three brothers, Milton Johnson of Clarkdale, Ariz., Ernie Johnson of Austin and Larry Johnson of Fairborn, Ohio; two sisters, Ruth Griffin of Sabinal and Rhoda Wells of Millersport, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews.

NOTE: Tuffy's Maiden name is Bufe

 

Goldthwaite Eagle- Mullin Enterprise (Transcribed with permission from Georgia Bridges, editor/owner)

FINAL RITES SET APRIL 30TH FOR HAROLD JOHNSON


Harold N. Johnson, age 79, of Priddy, Texas, died Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at the V.A. Hospital in Temple, Texas.

Mr. Johnson was born January 26, 1919 at Trimble, Ohio, the son of Lolie and Armina (Hogue) Johnson. He married Velma Bufe on January 7, 1942 at Brownwood, Texas. The couple moved to Priddy from Austin in 1980. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Priddy. He was a carpenter. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Survivors are his wife, Velma "Tuffy" Johnson of Priddy; one son, David Johnson of Priddy; three brothers, Milton Johnson of Clarkdale, Arizona, Ernie Johnson of Austin and Larry Johnson of Fairbourne, Ohio and two sisters, Ruth Giffin of Sabinal and Rhoda Wells of Millersport, Ohio.

The funeral will be conducted Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. at the Stacy-Wilkins Funeral Home Chapel in Goldthwaite. Mel Hammer, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, officiated at the final rites. Interment was in the Zion Cemetery, Priddy, Mills County, Texas. Serving as pallbearers were Gary Bufe, Dale Bufe, Carson Padgett, LDudley McCarty, and Jett Johnson.

Footnotes:

Information obtained from various sources:

"Mills County Memories", Copyright 1994 by Mills County Historical Commission

"A NO MAN's LAND BECOMES A COUNTY", by Flora Gatlin Bowles , Editor and copyright in 1958 by the Mills County Historical Society

Interviews with family members

Goldthwaite Eagle- Mullin Enterprise

The San Angelo Standard Times-On line

Back to Zion Lutheran Cemetery Page

or Back to Mills County Cemetery listings Page



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