MILFORD -- James Allen Johnson of Milford died of heart failure Friday, Jan. 16, 1998, in Milford Memorial Hospital. He was 87.
Mr. Johnson was born in Ridgley, Md., the son of the late Carroll and Lillie Mae Sullivan Johnson.
He had been a civil service airplane mechanic for Dover Air Force Base for many years.
He was a World War II Army Air Force veteran.
Mr. Johnson had been a member of the Houston Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his son, Randy Johnson in 1976; a grandson, Gary Lane in 1992.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nathalia "Tollie" Johnson; a daughter, Nancy Lane of Dover; a son, Douglas Johnson of Falls Church, Va.; three sisters, Evelyn Brown and Ruth Fraizier, both of Dover, and Catherine Marvel of Rising Sun; a brother, Bayard Sweetman of Felton; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Berry-Short Funeral Home, 119 N.W. Front St., Milford, where friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Monday.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
Instead of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Houston United Methodist Church or to the Sunshine Foundation, Milford Police Department.
MILFORD -- James Allen Johnson of Milford died of heart failure Friday, Jan. 16, 1998, in Milford Memorial Hospital. He was 87.
Mr. Johnson was born in Ridgley, Md., the son of the late Carroll and Lillie Mae Sullivan Johnson.
He had been a civil service airplane mechanic for Dover Air Force Base for many years.
He was a World War II Army Air Force veteran.
Mr. Johnson had been a member of the Houston Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his son, Randy Johnson in 1976; a grandson, Gary Lane in 1992.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Nathalia "Tollie" Johnson; a daughter, Nancy Lane of Dover; a son, Douglas Johnson of Falls Church, Va.; three sisters, Evelyn Brown and Ruth Fraizier, both of Dover, and Catherine Marvel of Rising Sun; a brother, Bayard Sweetman of Felton; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Berry-Short Funeral Home, 119 N.W. Front St., Milford, where friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Monday.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
Instead of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Houston United Methodist Church or to the Sunshine Foundation, Milford Police Department.
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