  Nellie A. Johnson 14 May 1888 - 6 February 1944 Mayhew H. Johnson 14 October 1886 - 3 August 1950 Mayhew
H. Johnson, 63, retired farmer, who had been in ill health for a number
of years, died at his home at Bells Thursday at 10 a.m. He was a native
of Edmonton, Kentucky, and formerly lived in Ector and Denison.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Earnheart Funeral Home, Whitewright, but will probably be held Saturday afternoon from the Methodist Church at Bells. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Johnson was born October 14, 1886, a son of the late Moses F. and Nancy Johnson. He was the husband of Nellie Hassell Johnson who died in 1944. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include: one son, Lewis F. Johnson, of Bakersfield, California; five brothers, Lum Johnson of Bells; Lon Johnson, Andrew Johnson and Claude Johnson, all of Denison; and Emmet Johnson of Trenton; one sister, Mrs. Jim Reynolds of Savoy.   Jack H. Johnson 12 June 1921 - 14 February 1943 Texas Aviation Pilot 1 CL. US Navy  Jack Hubert Johnson, 22-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Johnson of Bells and holder of a citation for gallantry during the Pearl Harbor attack, was reported among those lost in the crash of a Catalina flying boat into San Francisco Bay Sunday. Born and reared at Bells, Johnson enlisted in the navy in August,1939. Stationed at Pearl Harbor, he was ready to board a boat for Pensacola, Florida to start aviation training when the Japanese attacked December 7. In the midst of the bedlam, Johnson manned a machine-gun on a hangar ramp and gave battle to the Japanese during the series of attacks. Leaving Hawaii later for Pensacola, he visited his parents at Bells in January 1942, and received his citation in March of the same year. After graduation as a flier from Pensacola last summer, Johnson was stationed near San Diego. He and his wife, Jo Ann, made their home at Oakland. Aside from his parents and widow, survivors include a brother, Lewis Franklin Johnson, in navy service in the Atlantic; and two uncles residing in Denison, Earl Hassell, and M.O. Hassell.  Rose Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2018 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |