Posted on: Cass County, Tx Obits Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/CassObits/45 Surname: JOHNSON, ROSS, SMITH, RIDER, PRICE, MAYS, CHAMBLEE, MIDDLETON, LASLEY ------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:56 AM Subject: CassFeedback > If you have any need for it, I would like to submit the following obituary > which is my great-grandfather's. I have also attached a jpg of the original > article from the paper. Ora Jane Johnson - Richardson, Texas. > > The following is the obituary of William Addison Jervis Worth Johnson who was > born September 09, 1858 in Missouri and died 1935 in Atlanta, Cass County, > Texas. He was the son of William Addison Johnson and Sarah Miranda Ross. WA > and Sarah were married March 05, 1854 in Henry County, Missouri. Sarah was > the daughter of Samuel Ross and Margaret Gray Ross of Henry County, > Missouri. The obituary appeared in a Cass County Texas newspaper in 1935. > > > W. A. J. W. Johnson, 77, Died Monday > W. A. J. W. Johnson, 77, died at his home in the Smyrna community Monday > after a week's illness. Funeral services were held at the family residence > Tuesday afternoon by Rev. E. P. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian church, > assisted by Rev. A. E. Rider, pastor of the 1st Methodist Church, Atlanta. > Burial in Beech Creek cemetary in charge of R. H. Price funeral home. > > Mr. Johnson was born in Missouri but moved to Cass County with his parents > {actually with his father and step-mother, Harriet Mays - Sarah Ross died in > Arkansas on the way from Missouri to Texas} and spent 70 years of his life > here. He was one of the county's best citizens and farmers, a Christian and > took an active part in the affairs of his country. > > He is survived by one son Hubbard (Tank) {family records show his name was > "Herbert Byron", not Hubbard} Johnson, and ten grandchildren; five brothers > and three sisters: Richard Johnson, San Benito; Eugene Johnson, San Antonio; > Ed Johnson, Richmond; J. D. Johnson, Hot Springs; T. G. Johnson and Mrs. > Wesley Chamblee, Atlanta; Mrs. B. C. Middleton and Mrs. W. A. Lasley, > Texarkana.