BELVA MAHAN JOHNSON
FORMER RESIDENT SUCCUMBS TUES.
Rites To Be Thursday For Mrs. Johnson, 62
Mrs. Belva Mahan Johnson, 62, of Jenkins, died at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday in a local hospital following a short illness.
She was a cousin of Mrs. Ralph B. Preston and Mrs. Fannie
Blankenship of this city.
Born October 16, 1895, at Oil Springs, she was the daughter
of William and Georgeann Mahan. She had been a resident of
Jenkins for 25 years.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, G. C. Johnson; five sons, John
Johnson, Louisville; William Johnson, Jenkins; Russell
Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio; Walter Johnson, Fort Knox and
James Johnson, Jenkins; and three daughters, Mrs. Katherine
Clark, Jenkins; Mrs. Anna Mae Mullins, Jenkins and Mrs.
Sarah Gaines, Louisville. She is also survived by two
brothers, Hobart Mahan, Jenkins, and Charles Mahan, and
three sisters, Lucille Mahan, Shelby, Ky., Marie Ramsey,
Shelby, Ky., and Mrs. Lee French, Shelby, Ky.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at
the Oil Springs Methodist Church with the Rev. W.F. Pettus
officiating.
Burial will be made in the Litteral Cemetery under the
direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
January 9, 1957
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