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!CENSUS:1930 Marion Co., SC Moody # 223/239
Val D. Johnson head 47 M 36 SC-SC-SC
Iola wife 32 M 21
Beatrice dau 11
Dorothy dau 9
Lefneus? son 7
Kline son 3;
!OBIT:LATTA — Mr. James Lafon Johnson, 83, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at his residence. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, at Union Baptist Church Cemetery directed by Kannadays Funeral Home of Latta. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Born in Marion County on Nov. 20, 1922, he was a son of the late James Laval Johnson and Ila Butler Johnson and was widower of Alberteen J. Johnson. Mr. Johnson was of the Southern Methodist faith, a U.S. Army veteran and a retired farmer. Mr. Johnson is survived by a son, James L. (Betty) Johnson Jr. of Dillon; daughters, Abby (James) Elliott, Peggy (Fred) Williamson of Florence and Margaret (Harold) Harvey of North Myrtle Beach; a brother, Kline Johnson of Latta; sisters, Beatrice Johnson and Eloise Lane, both of Latta, Shelby Baxley of Marion; daughter-in-law, Barbara Johnson of Dillon; grandchildren, Chip Hardy and Christy Oliver of Florence, Everette Pashal of Latta, and Andy Bryant, Kim Johnson Hyatt, and Brian Johnson, all of Dillon, Heather Pettington and Ryan Pettington, both of Florida, and Jim Kline of Myrtle Beach; and 15 great-grandchildren. A son, Johnny Bruce Johnson; a daughter, Earldeen Johnson; and a sister, Dorothy Bryant preceded him in death. Memorials may be made to South Florence Baptist Church Building Fun, 2720 S. Irby St., Florence, SC 29505 or to Piney Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 114 Piney Grove Road, Lake View, SC 29563.
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