Van Johnson of Fayette City R.D.1;died suddenly on Saturday;April 26;1986;in Charlottsville;Va. He was 56. Born in Newell on November 30;1929;he was a son of the late Van and Grace Swords Johnson. Mr.Johnson was a member of the Newell United Methodist Church and was a peacetime veteran of service in the U.S.Army. He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;Allenport Plant. Surviving are his widow;Dolores Rabatin Johnson;three sons;Edward Johnson and Larry Johnson;both at home;and Gerald (Jerry) Johnson of Charlottesville;Va.;six daughters;Mrs.Grace Freshwater of Fayette City R.D.1;Mrs.Mark (Linda) Davis of Belle Vernon R.D.;Mrs.Rita McShane of West Newton;Mrs.Dennis (Eileen) Kline of Delray Beach;Fla.;Joyce Johnson;at home;and Stacie Johnson;Morgantown;W.Va.;six grandchildren;three sisters;Mrs.Eleanor Evans of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Wayne (Murial) Murphy of West Brownsville and Cynthia Johnson of Newell. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;and on Tuesday;April 29;until 11 a.m.;at which time services will be held in the funeral home with the Rev.Edwin E.McElroy;pastor of the Newell United Methodist Church;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.