JOHN ROBY JOHNSON
1860-1941
  
J.R. JOHNSON, THELMA, DIES ON DECEMBER 8
  
Former Teacher Succumbs After Long Illness
  
John Roby Johnson, prominent retired citizen died at his home at
Thelma, Kentucky, Monday night, December 8 1941.
  
He had been in ill health for the past few years and his death was
attributed to cancer of the lung.  Although he had been in a serious
condition this past summer and fall his strong will power and
determination to "hold up" until the end, kept him up and going about
his home until thirteen days before his death.
  
He was 81 years of age.
  
Mr. Johnson was born in Watanga County, North Carolina, in 1860.
  
He began his career as a teacher in that state and for thirty years,
he ranked among the outstanding teachers of his age.  The 30 years of
teaching were divided, among the state of Oklahoma, Kansas, Indiana,
Kentucky and North Carolina.  After teaching in Kentucky for ten
years he quit that profession and was for years connected with the
Royal Colliers Coal Co., of Offutt, Ky., as bookkeeper.
  
Mr. Johnson was a sober, honest man who attended strictly to his own
affairs.  He believed firmly in the Golden Rule.  He joined the
Missionary Baptist Church at an early age.
  
He had been a member of the Paintsville Lodge, Order of Odd Fellows
for a number of years and they participated in the funeral rites and
burial.
  
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. D. J. Gambill.
  
The Paintsville Furniture Company had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
December 18, 1941
         
    
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