JOHNSON, Robert Edwin
SHORT GAP, W.Va. — Robert Edwin Johnson, 74, of Short Gap, died on Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, at his home. Born Aug. 14, 1930, in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harold Sherman Johnson and Mary Lucille (Eberly) Johnson. Mr.Johnson was also preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Jo Johnson, 1995. A graduate of Hilliard High School, Hilliard, class of 1950, Mr. Johnson was a United States Naval veteran during the Korean War and also served eight years in the United States Naval Seabee Reserves in Huntington. Mr. Johnson worked several different occupations in his life. The last and longest term of employment was with the Chessie System Railway. In 1984, he was transferred as a machinist mechanic to the Cumberland Locomotive Facility from Russel, Ky., until his retirement in 1995. Mr. Johnson was well known as a handyman who liked working with his hands. Mr. Johnson is survived by his twin sons, James Harold Johnson and his wife Adelma, Las Vegas, Nev., and Robert Daniel Johnson, Chandler, Ariz.; his daughter, Cora Ann Hendrix and her husband Michael, Albuquerque, N.M.; his sisters, Doris Coombs, Columbus, and Nancy Nichols and her husband Vernon, North Wales, England; three grandchildren, Emma Johnson, Las Vegas; Steve Hendrix and Sarah Hendrix, Albuquerque; and a very dear and close friend, Lenore Goller, Short Gap. Friends will be received at the Adams Family Funeral Home, Cumberland, on Wednesday. A funeral service will be conducted at the Grace Bible Fellowship, Short Gap, on Thursday, Oct.7, 2004, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Brent Biller officiating. Pallbearers will be Berlin Collett, James Fredman, Dale Hetrick, Aaron Keech, Sam Roksandich, and David Summerfield. Interment will be at the Fort Ashby Cemetery.
Published in The Cumberland (Md.) Times-News, Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso
Posted 2017-03-21