Henry Johnson Jr.

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

By -

Henry Johnson Jr., 74, died at 10:35 p.m. Aug. 31, 2009, in LifeCare Center, Rochester.

He was born Feb. 19, 1935, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Henry and Pearl Carson Johnson. On Feb. 5, 1983, he married Ethel Dotson, who survives.

He was a coal mine truck driver and attended Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church, Silver Lake. He lived in Akron for two years, coming from Prestonsburg.

Also surviving are two stepsons, Dean (and spouse Geretta) Greene, Leesburg, Jim (and spouse Leslie) Greene, Bristol, Ill.; three step-grandchildren: Sossity (and spouse Don) Goble, Claypool; Jeremy (and spouse Aime) Greene, Leesburg; and Rachael Greene, Bristol, Ill.; five step-great-grandchildren: Kendra and Ashton Greene and Parker, Paxton and Bryson Greene; three sisters, Evelyn Gardner, Arizona, and Vivian and Goldie Tussey, both of Prestonsburg, Ky.; and a brother, George Johnson, Prestonsburg. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mable McIntosh and Juanita Adams; and three brothers, Homer, Fred and Wayne Johnson.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Magoffin County Funeral Home, Salyersville, Ky., with Brother Ellis Stevens officiating. Burial will be in Dotson Family Cemetery, Jack Arnett Road, Prestonsburg.

Calling is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of local arrangements.

*****

Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

[[In-content Ad]]

Henry Johnson Jr., 74, died at 10:35 p.m. Aug. 31, 2009, in LifeCare Center, Rochester.

He was born Feb. 19, 1935, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Henry and Pearl Carson Johnson. On Feb. 5, 1983, he married Ethel Dotson, who survives.

He was a coal mine truck driver and attended Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church, Silver Lake. He lived in Akron for two years, coming from Prestonsburg.

Also surviving are two stepsons, Dean (and spouse Geretta) Greene, Leesburg, Jim (and spouse Leslie) Greene, Bristol, Ill.; three step-grandchildren: Sossity (and spouse Don) Goble, Claypool; Jeremy (and spouse Aime) Greene, Leesburg; and Rachael Greene, Bristol, Ill.; five step-great-grandchildren: Kendra and Ashton Greene and Parker, Paxton and Bryson Greene; three sisters, Evelyn Gardner, Arizona, and Vivian and Goldie Tussey, both of Prestonsburg, Ky.; and a brother, George Johnson, Prestonsburg. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mable McIntosh and Juanita Adams; and three brothers, Homer, Fred and Wayne Johnson.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Magoffin County Funeral Home, Salyersville, Ky., with Brother Ellis Stevens officiating. Burial will be in Dotson Family Cemetery, Jack Arnett Road, Prestonsburg.

Calling is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, is in charge of local arrangements.

*****

Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

[[In-content Ad]]
Have a news tip? Email [email protected] or Call/Text 360-922-3092

e-Edition


e-edition

Sign up


for our email newsletters

Weekly Top Stories

Sign up to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday

Daily Updates & Breaking News Alerts

Sign up to get our daily updates and breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox daily

Latest Stories


Trailer A Total Loss In Sunday Fire
A trailer was a total loss after a Sunday afternoon fire, which also claimed the life of a puppy.

Public Occurrences 05.05.25
County Jail Bookings The following people were arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

GOP Chair To Appoint Next Etna Green Clerk-Treasurer
A date and time has been set for Kosciusko County Republican Central Committee Chairman Mike Ragan to appoint the next Etna Green clerk-treasurer.

A ‘Gem’
Editor, Times-Union: We have a "gem" in news reporting here in Warsaw!

The Lawless Party
Editor, Times-Union: Democrats have a long history of supporting lawlessness and they have the nerve to say no one is above the law. At times they act like spoiled children that expect to get their way all the time even if they have been naughty.