This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Neal, Lane, White Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3434 Message Board Post: Earl Sam Johnson Sept. 29, 1925 - Sept.1, 2005 Earl Sam Johnson, 79, of Bay City passed away September 1, 2005, at his residence. He was born September 29, 1925, in Bay City to Acie Smith Johnson and Roxie Bell Neal Johnson. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Korea; member of the First Baptist Church; and a former operator for Amaco Production. He is survived by: his brother, Hugh Mac Johnson and wife Addie of Houston; his sister-in-law, Wynelle Johnson of Bay City; special friend, Romona Davis of Houston; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Smith and Roxie Johnson; and by his brothers and sisters, John Henry Johnson, Myrtle Jones, Edna Johnson, Allie May Lane, Stella White, Ramon Frank Johnson and Alvin Smith Johnson. Funeral services were to be at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 3, 2005, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Mike Zimmerman officiating. Interment was to follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City. Pallbearers will be Carl, Robert, Phillip, Alvin, Kyle and Kevin Johnson. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City. (979)245-4613. Bay City Tribune September 4, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas