| DUFF ALBERT JOHNSON
(Pages 332-333) Johnny J. Johnson, Jr. and Emily Tomlinson's son Duff Albert, born on March 19, 1891, worked for the Florida State Road Department. His work caused him to move from time to time to various areas of the state. He lived a number of years in National Gardens, a town located just north of Daytona Beach, Florida. 
DUFF ALBERT JOHNSON
(ca. 1940)
(Page 332)
About 1937 Duff relocated to Fort Pierce, Florida, where he continued his work with the Florida State Road Department. About 1940 Duff, rather late in his life married Jewel. Not much is known about their life together except that they did not have children. Duff Albert Johnson died on February 12,
1943, in Fort Pierce, Florida, and his body was brought to Jacksonville for burial, where many of his sisters lived. Jewel purchased plot 8-192 in the Evergreen Cemetery, in Jacksonville, for their final resting-place. Duff is buried there in an un- marked grave. The following is a copy of Duff's obituary that appeared in the Saturday, February 13, 1943, edition of The Florida Times Union, a Jacksonville newspaper. JOHNSON—Duff
Albert Johnson, 52, of Fort Pierce, died in that city Friday following a brief illness. A native of Hilliard, Fla., Mr. Johnson had been connected with the State Road Department in Fort Pierce for the past six years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jewel Johnson; seven sisters, Mrs. R. R. Rowe, Hilliard, Miss Allie Johnson, Mrs. I. S, Peacock, Miss Lelia Johnson, Mrs. J. M. Horton and Mrs. H. G. Dahlman, all of this city, also Mrs. W. F. Johnson of St.
George, Ga.; two brothers, Alex Johnson of Fort Pierce and Jack Johnson of Hilliard. Funeral services will be conducted from the Memorial Chapel of the Seashole Funeral Parlors at 4 P.M. Monday with the Rev. G. E. Hodges, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville.
The family lost contact with Jewel after Duff's departure. The gravesite purchased for Jewel has not been used THIS CHAPTER: |
