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Tennessee "Tennie" Johnson Johnson
17 May 1865 – 15 Oct 1955
| Birth | 17 May 1865 |
| Death | 15 Oct 1955 |
| Cemetery | Graves Cemetery Delaware , Logan County , Arkansas , USA |
| Added by | bill sullivan on 03 Jul 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6667079 |
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According to the Arkansas Marriage Records, they were married in 1881. Paris Express , Thursday, May 22, 1941 Delaware Residents Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Climaxing more than a half-century of married life, Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Johnson of the Delaware community, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary May 15. They were married May 15, 1880 (sic - 1881), at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Johnson of Delaware. Rev. Johnson, age 83 years, was born in the Delaware community, February 28, 1858. He is a retired farmer and a Free Will Baptist minister, having served in the ministry about 40 years before retirement. Mrs. Johnson, age 79 years, the former Miss Tennessee Johnson, was born in Texas but came with her parents to Arkansas when four years of age and settled in the Delaware community. They made the trip in a covered wagon. The Johnsons have spent their entire lifetime in the Delaware community with the exception of a five-year residence in Dardanelle. They are members of prominent pioneer families and have been active in all worthwhile activities of their community especially religiously. They are now alone and are residing near the "old homestead." Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of 12 children, seven of them living. They are five sons: J. N. Johnson of New Blaine, a member of the Paris high school faculty, Fred, R. M., and Bert Johnson, all of Delaware, and W. O. Johnson of Webbers Falls, Okla.; two daughters: Mrs. T. A. Farnham (sic - Farnam), Delaware, and Mrs. Frank Rice, England; 32 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Paris Progress , Monday, October 17, 1955 Aged Resident Of Delaware Dies Saturday Mrs. Tennessee Johnson, aged 90 years, mother of J. N. Johnson of Paris, died at her home in Delaware Saturday evening after a long illness. Funeral service will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at New Liberty church with Rev. Tom Beshears and Rev. W. F. McGehee officiating. Burial in the Graves cemetery will be directed by the Cox Funeral Home. Mrs. Johnson was born May 17, 1865 at Rockston, Texas. She came to Delaware are the age of three years, and had spent most of her lifetime in and around Delaware. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist church. Mrs. Johnson was married in 1881 to the late R. A. Johnson of Delaware. OBITUARY: Dardanelle Post-Dispatch, Thursday, October 27, 1955 AGED WOMAN OF DELAWARE DIES Mrs. Tennie Johnson, age 90 years old, died at her home in Delaware Saturday evening October 15th. She was born in Ronston, Tex., in May 1865, but came to this part of Arkansas with her parents when only a small child. She had spent most of her life in and around Delaware. Aunt Tennie, as everyone loved to call her, had been very active in church and community life for many years - that everybody loved and admired her. She was kind and always ready to lend a helping hand when needed, and had a cheerful word and a merry smile for those whom she chanced to meet but for the past few months she had been in declining health, which finally wore her rugged constitution out and she went to be with her maker in a paradise of love. She was a member of the Freewill Baptist church at New Liberty. She was married to the late Rev. Bob Johnson, who was a Freewill Baptist preacher. To this union seven children were born, and all are still living. They are Fred Johnson of Dardanelle, J. N. Johnson of Paris, Birk Johnson of Carlisle, Bob Johnson of Lindsey, Calif., Bud Johnson of Delaware, Mrs. Mary Farnam, and Mrs. Nettie Rice both of Delaware. She is also survived by 32 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, also three sisters: Mrs. Addie Jay of Oklahoma City, who is 92 years old, Mrs. Rozella Garrison of Delaware who is 88 years old and Mrs. Alice Harrison of Tulare, Calif., who is 82 years old, besides a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her departure. Funeral services were held in the New Liberty Freewill Baptist church Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Tommy Breshears and Rev. W. F. McGee, both of Russellville officiating. Interment was in the Graves cemetery at Delaware. Pall bearers were: Marion Johnson, Stanley Johnson, Clifford Johnson, Clarence Johnson, Orval and Calvin Farnam. All were her grandsons. Pallbearers will be Marvin Johnson, Stanley Johnson, Clifford Johnson, Clarence Johnson, Orval Farnam and Calvin Farnam. Survivors are five sons: J. N. Johnson of Paris, Fred Johnson, Dardanelle, Bob Johnson, Delaware, Willie Johnson, Lindsey, Calif., and Bert Johnson of Carlisle, Ark.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Farnam of New Liberty and Mrs. Nettie Rice of Delaware; 33 grandchildren; 67 great-grandchildren; one great-grandchild (sic); and three sisters, Mrs. Addie Jay of Oklahoma City, who is 92 years old, Mrs. Alice Harrison of Tulare, Calif., who is 83 years old and Mrs. Rozella Garrison of Delaware who is 88 years old.
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Siblings
- Nancy L. Johnson 1858–1882
- Asher Joseph Johnson 1859–1929
- Martha Ann Johnson Underwood 1861–1934
- Frances Adeline "Addie" Johnson Jay 1863–1957
- Roseller Johnson Garrison 1867–1957
- John W. Johnson 1871–1951
- Alice Evelyn Johnson Harrison 1872–1956
- Rev Cortess Johnson 1876–1934
Children
- Jerome Nuel Johnson 1883–1968
- Fred A. Johnson 1885–1976
- Mary Etta Johnson Farnam 1887–1966
- Ellen Johnson 1890–1891
- Byron Johnson 1903–1905
- Burl Odell Johnson 1919–1993
- Richard Lee Johnson 1921–1922
- PVT Lindsey A. Johnson 1925–1944
- Robert Marcellas Johnson 1928–2000
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