Edna D.Johnson;72;of 1236 Highland Ave.;Monessen;died on Wednesday at 7:35 p.m.in John Kane Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a lingering illness. She was born in Chester;S.C.in 1900 and was a member of Wayman AME Church;Monessen and Alphia Court of Calanthes No.159. Mrs.Johnson is survived by two sons;Walter Davis of Oklahoma City;Okla.and Edward Johnson of Monessen;three sisters;Bertha Reid of Chester;S.C.;Mrs.Hattie Anderson of Rankin and Mrs.Laura Halsey of Union;S.C.;and 11 grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Taylor Funeral Home;Monessen;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday and Sunday. Services will be held Monday at 1 p.m.at Wayman AME Church;Monessen;with the Rev.Robert Dye;pastor;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director;in charge.
SARAH A.STEELE JOHNSON
Mrs.Sarah Johnson;69;451 Clarendon Ave.;Monessen;died Sunday;Feb.4;1973;at 7:45 p.m.in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs.Johnson was born in Chester;W.Va.;April 1;1903;daughter of the late Alice and Josh Steele. She had lived in Monessen the past 41 years. Surviving are her husband;Henderson Johnson;three sons;Henry Henderson and Joseph Heath;a member of the Monessen Police Department;both of Monessen;and Richard Heath of Chicago;Ill.;one sister;Mrs.Grace Robinson of West Virginia;one brother;Leroy Steele of Ohio;three stepsons;Leon Johnson of Monessen;Alfred Jonson of Annapolis;Md. and Oliver Johnson of Braddock;one stepdaughter;Mrs.Florence Faulks of Charleston;W.Va.;20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Draper Funeral Home;Monessen after 7 p.m.Monday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Tuesday. Services will be held at the funeral home chapel on Wednesday;Feb.7 at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Edger Archie of Mt.Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper;funeral director;in charge.
HAROLD E. JONES
BABY BOY JEFFRIES
FLORENCE LOUISE ( PETEY )PATTERSON JACKSON
Louise (Petey) Patterson Jackson of Rockville;Md.;formerly of Brownsville;died Thursday May 11;1972;in Holy Cross Hospital;Silver Spring;Md.after a short illness. Born and raised in Brownsville;where she made her home for 30 years;she was a desk clerk for the Montgomery County;Md. Police Department. She was a member of Mt.Clavary Baptist Church;Rockville;Md and a former member of Mt.Lebanon Baptist Church in Brownsville. Surviving are her husband;Preston;a brother;Clarence Patterson of Washington;D.C.;one sister;Mrs.Elizabeth Robinson of Duquesne and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 3 to 10 p.m.at the Donald Law Funeral Home;135 Angle;Brownsville;where services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. with Rev.Dr.William B.Richardson of Mt.Lebanon Baptist Church;Brownsville;Officiating. Interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery.
WESLEY JAMES
Wesley James;69;of Green Hill;Pricedale;died suddenly Thursday;Feb.17;1972;at 9:05 a.m. in Pittsburgh. A retired coal miner;Mr.James had been a Valley resident since 1926. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church of Belle Vernon;serving as a trustee;treasurer of the deacons board and a member of the ushers board. He also was a member of the George Washington Carver AF&AM. Surviving are his widow;Mrs.Lois James;his mother;Mrs.Polly James;in South Carolina;one brother;Willie James;in New Jersey;and two sisters;Mrs.Mattie Lou Vance and Mrs.Leona Bryant of Philadelphia. Friends will be received at the William R.Taylor Funeral Home;645 McMahon Ave.;Monessen;Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held Monday;Feb.21;1972;at 1 p.m.in Antioch Baptist Church;Monessen;with the Rev.A.C.Morris;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. William R.Taylor;funeral director.
HICKS JOHNS
ROBERT GLENN JOHNSON
EUGENE JOHNSON
Eugene Johnson;62;of Herminie R.D.1;died unexpectedly at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday;Nov;9;1971;in Mounsour Hospital in Jeannette. He was born Jan.2;1908;in Belle Vernon;the son of Henry and Belle Hester Minney Johnson. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include three brothers;Fred Johnson of Monessen;Howard Minnie of Belle Vernon and Walter Minnie of Dayton;Ohio. Friends will be received after 3 p.m.Friday in the Percy E.law Funeral Home;1524 Meldon Ave.;Donora;where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday;with the Rev.E.D.Ford of Quinn Chapel A.M.E.Church of Donora in charge. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Percy E.Law is the funeral director.
CHELLAGASKILL JACKMAN
Mrs. Chella Jackman;80; of
8904 Fuller Ave.;Cleveland;
Ohio;died Sunday;Oct.24;1971. She was a
former resident of Speers.
Mrs. Jackman was born in
Hopwood on Jan. 14;1890.Her
husband;Park Jackman;predeceased
her.
Survivors are one son; Guy of
Bedford;Ohio;a brother; Harry
Gaskill of Independence; Kan.;a sister; Mrs. Maude Seiler
of Cleveland;Ohio; two
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received after 7
p.m. Wednesday at the Shelby D. Ferguson
Funeral Home; 700 Broad Ave.;
Belle Vernon; where services will be held
Thursday;Oct. 28; 1971 at 1.p.m. Elder
Wilford Gaskill of the Reorganized Church
of the Latter Day Saints;Charleroi;will
officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon
Cemetery. Shelby D. Ferguson;funeral
director in charge.