Frances Shirley Johnson (b. Sept. 3, 1923) married
John William Watlington in Feb. 1945. She is a daughter of Floyd
Wellington Johnson (November 11, 1890-September 19, 1961) and
Martha Ivar Wilson of Madison Co., Tenn. The Johnsons lived and worked
in Bemis, Tenn., for many years and thus were no strangers to the
Watlingtons of nearby Malesus. Shirley had three brothers and four
sisters as follows: Henry Charles, known as ``H. C.''; Floyd W., who
married Helen Oxley of Jackson, Tenn.; David Leroy; Alma Kate, who
married J. L. Rush, Jr.; Joann who married James O. Reagan; Mattie
Sue who married Joe Roark; and Vivian Arlan who married Billy Rogers.
Floyd W. Johnson's mother was Harriett Ethel Love, daughter of
John M. Love, whose sister Molly married Albert A. Stone of Jackson,
Tenn. John M. Love (1832-1906) was born in Caswell Co., N.C. and died
in Madison Co., Tenn.
Helen Frances Oxley Johnson
,
widow of Floyd W. Johnson, is a current source of information on
the Johnson-Wilson family as she works closely with the Mid-West
Tennessee Genealogical Society. Floyd W. and Martha Wilson Johnson
were buried in the Lester's Chapel Cemetery on Harts Bridge Road,
south of Jackson, Tenn.