God in His infinite wisdom called Brother
Johnson from his work to his reward, February 17, 1926.
John Scott Johnson was born June 15, 1858 in Pope county, Illinois,
sixteen miles north of Golconda, where he lived the most of his
life. In 1920, he moved to Harrisburg, Saline County.
Brother Johnson made a public profession of faith and was baptized
into the fellowship of Concord Missionary Baptist church by Elder
John Blanchard on Christmas day, 1880. He was ordained as a deacon
of the church about 1890 and remained a faithful Christian worker
the remainder of his life, being a member of McKinley Avenue Baptist
Church at his death.
Brother Johnson was united in marriage to Minta S. Barger, April
15, 1888. One son, Carl D., having preceded him in death, July
28, 1903, a wife and seven children survive him. The children
are: Audrey, a daughter, and six sons as follows: Simon B., Dr.
J.K., Rodney, Gale, Shirley and Maynard. Two brothers, Thos.
and Wilson; two sisters, Mrs. Louella Patterson and Mrs. Mattie
Robertson and six grandchildren, besides a number of other relatives
and friends, also survive him.
Copied from Herald-Enterprise, February 25, 1926.