George Washington Johnston 1872-1932 Marita Jane Winemiller 1879-1962 Byford Campbel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Wisniewski" <michellewisniewski5@gmail.com> To: <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 9:07 AM Subject: [ILJEFFER] Johnstons > Does anyone know who the parents of James Edgar Johnston were? I have some > Johnstons in my line descending from Noah Johnston. > > Thanks, > Michelle > > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:14:07 -0500 > From: "Pat Corona" <corona245@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER] Obituary for Ewing A. Johnston > To: <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <32F5F6673E4648E0AC9B8D7EE6A14136@DellDesktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Larry, > > Thanks for posting this obit. Ewing is a cousin. > > Pat Corona > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lance > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:27 PM > To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com ; iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILJEFFER] Obituary for Ewing A. Johnston > > The Mt. Vernon Register-News > > June 25, 2014 > > > > Ewing Johnston > > Ewing A. Johnston, 88, of Benton, went to be with the Lord Monday morning, > June 23, 2014, from the Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. > Vernon. > > He was born in Whittington on June 26, 1925, the son of James Edgar and > Amy > Irene (Holman) Johnston. > > He married Majorie A. Ferguson on Jan. 12, 1946, and she preceded him in > death on June 19, 2013. > > He loved and rejoiced in the Lord and shared this with everyone that he > met. > He remained faithful until the end. He attended the First Church of God in > Benton. He was a retired coal miner. He enjoyed farming after retirement, > raising sweet potatoes and especially visiting with the customers that he > met. > > Mr. Johnston is survived by daughter, Karen Wayman and husband John of Mt. > Vernon; four grandchildren, Kelly Oreskovic and husband Bob of Washington, > Mo., Michael Franklin and wife Heather of O'Fallon, Michelle Autry and > husband Dan of O'Fallon, Mo. and Millie Deadmond and husband Adam of Mt. > Vernon; great-grandchildren, Emma Kotowski, Chloe Clark, Kaylee Franklin, > Katie Oreskovic, Drake Autry, Nathan Oreskovic, Jake Franklin, Dakota > Autry > and Kalissa Deadmond; one sister, Irene Cross and husband Charles of > Benton; > and several nieces and nephews. > > Mr. Johnston was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a son, Benjamin > Allen Johnston; a daughter, Patricia Lynn Franklin; two sisters, Mary > Corey > and Alice Barnfield; and two brothers, George and Beverly Johnston. > > Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Morton & Johnston > Funeral Home in Benton with Pastor Randy Hayes officiating. Burial will be > in the Masonic & Oddfellows Cemetery in Benton. > > Visitation will be after 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Visit the Jefferson County web site at: > www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message