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Bessie Myrtle Kemp Johnson

17 Sep 1895 – 12 Aug 1961

Birth	17 Sep 1895
Death	12 Aug 1961
Cemetery	East Cemetery Alton , Crawford County , Indiana , USA
Added by	Jennifer Dunn on 13 Jan 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50701284

Bio

Johnson, Bessie Kemp Died August 12, 1961, Crawford County, Indiana. Alton - Final rites for Mrs Bessie Kemp Johnson, 65, were held at 2 P.M. Tuesday at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Burial was in the East cemetery. Mrs Johnson died Saturday at her home. She was a native of Alton. Her husband, John Johnson, died April 7. Survivors include four sons, John Johnson, of New Albany; Clifford Johnson, of Depauw; Joseph Johnson, of Alton, and James Johnson, of Leavenworth; four daughters, Mrs Alberta Forbes, of Gary; Mrs Naomi Bernardi and Mrs Alice Bates, of New Albany, and Mrs Jean Thompson, of Louisville; two brothers, Jack Kemp, of Alton, and George Kemp, of Decatur, Ill., and two sisters, Mrs Lena Bell Coleman, of Leavenworth, and Mrs Maudie Bullington, of Alton.

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Family

Parents

• Cassius Marcellus Clay Kemp 1860–1941
• Julia Amanda Purcell Kemp 1867–1926

Spouse

• John Johnson 1886–1961

Siblings

• Minerva Lorraine Kemp Harvey 1883–1952
• Nellie Viola Kemp McLain 1884–1960
• George Francis Kemp 1886–1964
• Betty Jane Kemp 1888–1888
• Allie Kemp Gaither 1890–1945
• Maudie Mae Kemp Bullington 1892–1964
• Lena Bell Kemp Coleman 1897–1986
• Estell Lawrence Kemp 1900–1942
• Ruth Kemp Cox 1902–1941
• John R Kemp 1905–1967

Children

• Alberta M. Johnson Forbes 1913–1965
• Myrtle "Naomi" Johnson Bernardi 1915–2007
• Florence Imogene "Jean" Johnson Thompson 1916–2005
• Charles Clifford Johnson 1918–1994
• Alice Pearl Johnson Bates 1921–2008
• John Edward Johnson 1923–1982
• Joseph Calvin Johnson 1928–1993
• James Harold "Jim" Johnson 1933–2022

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