| JACKSON JOHN JOHNSON
(Pages 336-350) Johnny J. Johnson, Jr. and Emily Tomlinson's son, Jackson "Jack" John, born on January 14, 1895, married Gertrude "Trudy" Elizabeth Trouille, born August 31, 1901, in New York. Trudy was the daughter of Earnest Trouille and Laura Minnie Bergholtz. Earnest Trouille was born in 1870 in Wertenberg, Germany. He came
to this country in 1892 and was naturalized as an American in 1894. Laura Minnie was born on December 24, 1874, also in Germany, and was naturalized as an American in 1889. Earnest and Laura were married in 1897, and made their home in Tonawanda, New York. Trudy's siblings included Helena, born in 1899; Edward Conrad, born in 1905; Edgar, born in 1907; and two children who died as infants. All of Earnest and Laura Trouille's children were born in New York. In 1908, Earnest Trouille moved his
family from Tonawanda, New York to Hilliard, Nassau County, Florida, where he engaged in farming. Mother Laura Minnie Trouille died on April 10, 1914 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Hilliard, Florida. Earnest is buried in Newton, North Carolina. 
JACKSON JOHN AND GERTRUDE ELIZABETH TROUILLE JOHNSON
(ca. February 1961)
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Jack Johnson and Trudy Trouille made their home in Hilliard in Nassau County where Jack was engaged in logging. They were parents to Helena, born in 1921 or 1922, Arnold Jack, born on September 27, 1925, and a daughter, Bertha Helen, born on October 25, 1923. Jack and Trudy's daughter Helena died as an infant and is buried in the Mill Creek Cemetery in Hilliard, Florida. Jack Johnson served in the army during World War I in the Medical Detachment of the 211 Engineers. Jack died on January 5, 1962, and is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Hilliard, Florida. The following is a copy of Jack's obituary that appeared in the Saturday, January 6, 1962, edition of TheFloridaTimesUnion. JOHNSON — Jackson John Johnson, 66, of Hilliard, died Friday at a Folkston, Ga. hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Johnson was born in Hilliard and had
lived there all his life. He was a veteran of World War 1. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Johnson; daughter, Mrs. Bertha Nelson, Hilliard; a son, Arnold J. Johnson, Jacksonville; seven sisters, Mrs. Arrie Rowe, Hilliard, Mrs. Amanda Johnson, St. George, Ga., Miss Allie Johnson, Miss Lelia Johnson, Mrs. Virue Horton, Mrs. Gertie Peacock and Mrs. Sandol Dahlman, all of Jacksonville; eight grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral
arrangements will be announced by Key-McCabe Funeral Home.
Gertrude "Trudy" Elizabeth Trouille Johnson followed her husband Jack in death on February 8, 1993, and is buried with him in the Oakwood Cemetery. The following is a copy of Trudy's obituary that appeared in the Thursday, February 18, 1993, edition of TheNassauCountyRecord, the newspaper of Callahan, Florida. GERTRUDE T. JOHNSON
Funeral services for Gertrude T. Johnson, 91, of Hilliard were held February 11, 1993 at the Callahan Funeral Home with the Reverend Charlie Dunn officiating. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery in Hilliard. A native of New York she had lived in Hilliard for the past 85 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hilliard.
Survivors include a son, Arnold J. Johnson of Folkston, GA.; nine grandchildren, 23
great-grandchildren, 16 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were Gerald Guynn, Roger Braddock, Steve Nelson, Jason Nelson, David Hamilton and Buddy Johnson, Jr. Arrangements were made by Callahan Funeral Home. Jack Johnson and Trudy Trouille's son, Arnold Jack, born on September 27, 1925, after reaching his majority, made his home in Folkston, Georgia. Arnold on September 17,
1944, married Bertha Mae Conner, daughter of Andrew John Conner and Frances Ophelia Woolard. Bertha Conner was born on April 25, 1924, in Folkston, Georgia. Arnold Johnson and Bertha Conner became parents to Frances "JoAnn", born on July 16, 1945; Lewis "Buddy" Arnold, born on October 13, 1948; and Diane Gertrude, born on December 12, 1946. In 1952, Arnold moved his family to Jacksonville where he worked as a station manager
for Shell Oil Company and later with the Lowell Powell Dry Wall Company. Arnold was also engaged in trucking in Jacksonville. 
ARNOLD JACK AND BERTHA MAE CONNER JOHNSON
(ca. 1944)
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In the 1950s Bertha Mae Conner and Arnold Jack Johnson divorced. Later Bertha Conner, on December 24, 1960, married Paul Parley of Jacksonville and Arnold
Johnson, on March 4, 1958, married Betty Lee Yarbrough. Both couples made their home in Jacksonville and both had childless second marriages. Betty Lee Yarbrough was born on December 17, 1931, in Nocatee, Florida, the daughter of Scott Augustus Yarbrough and Dottie Nelson. Dottie Nelson was the daughter of Morgan and Mary Nelson. 
ARNOLD JACK JOHNSON
(ca. 1964)
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Arnold Johnson and Bertha Conner's daughter Frances "JoAnn", born July 16, 1945, married Marvin E. Mixon. On February 14, 1961, a tragic automobile accident took JoAnn's life. JoAnn was buried in the Pineview Cemetery in Folkston, Georgia. The following is a copy of JoAnn's obituary that appeared in the Wednesday, February 15, 1961, edition of The FloridaTimesUnion. MIXON— Mrs. Frances JoAnn
Mixon, 15, who lived at 1229 East 14th Street, died yesterday from injuries received in an auto accident. Mrs. Mixon was born in Folkston, Ga. and had lived in Jacksonville for the past eight years. She was a member of the Franklin Street Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Marvin E. Mixon, U. S. Army, Hawaii; her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Farley; her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Johnson; a sister, Miss Diane Johnson; a
brother, Buddy Johnson, all of Jacksonville; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. A. J. Conner; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson of Milliard. Funeral arrangements will be announced b Key-McCabe Funeral Home. Betty Johnson worked forty years for the Maxwell Coffee Company in Jacksonville, Florida. On July 4, 1983, Arnold Jack Johnson and Betty Lee Yarbrough moved to Folkston, Georgia where they make their home and where Arnold is engaged in the
pulpwood business. 
BETTY LEE YARBROUGH JOHNSON
(ca. 1983)
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ARNOLD JACK JOHNSON
(ca. 1993)
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Arnold Johnson and Bertha Conner's daughter Diane Gertrude, born on December 12, 1946, married George Hamilton, son of Alvie and Norma Hamilton. Diane and George became parents to Connie Joann, Angie Diane, Robin Lynn and David Paul. Diane and George are now divorced. Arnold Johnson and Bertha Conner's son Lewis "Buddy"
Arnold Johnson, born on October 13, 1948, married Loretta Wilkinson, born on March 14, 1948, in Donaldson, Georgia. Loretta is the daughter of Catherine and Carlos Lee Wilkinson. Loretta is employed with Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company. Buddy is a taxidermist in Jacksonville. 
BUDDY, LORETTA AND LITTLE BUDDY JOHNSON
(ca. 1976)
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LORETTA AND BUDDY JOHNSON
(ca. 1998)
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Buddy and Loretta are parents to a son, Lewis "Little Buddy" Arnold Johnson, Jr., born on April 5, 1967. Lewis, Jr. grew up and went to school in Jacksonville. Lewis, Jr. married Michelle Johns, born on November 28, 1967. Michelle lived in Milliard and was
graduated from Milliard High School. Michelle Johns had a son Daniel Paul by a previous marriage. 
LEWIS A. JOHNSON, JR. FAMILY
Lewis, Jack, Daniel
and Michelle
(ca. 1995)
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Lewis "Little Buddy" A. Johnson, Jr. and Michelle Johns gave birth to one child, a son Jack Ryan, born on March 23, 1994. Lewis A. Johnson, Jr.
currently lives in Nahunta, Georgia, where he is engaged in the pulpwood business. 
JACK RYAN JOHNSON
(ca. 1999)
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Worthy of note is Jack Ryan Johnson is the last and only
descendant of the John Jackson Johnson, Jr. bloodline surviving to carry on the family name. Jack Johnson and Trudy Trouille's daughter, Bertha Helen, born on October 25, 1923, married Earl David Nelson, who was born August 10, 1918. Bertha Johnson and Earl Nelson made their home in Milliard where they became parents to six children including Freddie David, born on October 19, 1951; Elsie Delores; Clara Elizabeth; Earl Steven: Emily Annette; and Eddie Jackson. 
BERTHA JOHNSON NELSON
(ca. 1946) (Page 347)
Bertha and Earl Nelson's son, Freddie David, died on February 15, 1964, as a result of an auto/bicycle accident and is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Milliard. The following is a copy of Freddie's obituary that appeared in the Monday, February 17, 1964, edition of TheFloridaTimes
Union, a Jacksonville, Florida newspaper. NELSON — Funeral services for Freddie David Nelson, 12, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church of Milliard with Rev. Vernon Moore, pastor, and Rev. Glenn Tolman officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Key-McCabe Funeral Home. Master Nelson, whose address was P. 0. Box 308, Milliard, died Saturday from injuries received
in a bicycle-auto accident. He was born in Folkston, GA and had lived in Milliard all his life. He was a member of the Bethany Hall Episcopal Church. The body will lie in state an hour prior to service time at the church. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Nelson of Hilliard; three sisters, Misses Elsie Delores Nelson and Clara Elizabeth Guynn of Hilliard, and Emily Annette Home of Jacksonville; two brothers, Earl Steven and Eddie Jackson Nelson, both of
Hilliard; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Zack Nelson of Hilliard; and a number of aunts and uncles. Pallbearers will be Kenneth Reed, Cleveland Reed, Tommy McIntosh, Carlyle Conner, Twain Conner and Glenn Guynn. Honorary pallbearers will be his 7th grade classmates.
Bertha Helen Johnson Nelson on February 24, 1967, at the age of forty-three, joined
her son Freddie in death and is buried with him in the Oakwood Cemetery. The following is a copy of Bertha's obituary that appeared in the Saturday, February 25, 1967, edition of TheFloridaTimes Union, a Jacksonville, Florida newspaper. NELSON — Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Helen Nelson will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Baptist Church of Milliard, Fla. with the Rev. Barclay Wilson
officiating. Interment will be at the Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Nelson, of Milliard, died Friday. Survivors include her husband, Earl Nelson: her mother Mrs. Gertrude Johnson; three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Braddock, Mrs. Clara Guynn, and Mrs. Emily Home: two sons, Earl Steven and Eddie Jackson; a brother, Arnold Johnson; and five granddaughters. The body will rest at the residence from 10:30 a.m. Saturday until 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Key-McCabe Northside is in charge.
After Bertha Johnson Nelson's death her husband, Earl Nelson, married Marion R. Rawls who had been previously married. Earl Nelson and Marion Rawls had no children. Earl David Nelson died on March 22, 1981, and is buried with Bertha and their son, Freddie, in the Oakwood Cemetery in Milliard. The following is a copy of Earl's obituary that appeared in the Monday, March 23, 1981, edition of TheFloridaTimesUnion, a Jacksonville, Florida newspaper. NELSON
— Earl David Nelson, 62, of Milliard died early Sunday morning after a lengthy illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Nassau County. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marion R. Nelson, Hilliard: three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Braddock, Callahan, Mrs. Clara Guynn, Hilliard, and Mrs. Emily Home, Kingsland; two sons, Earl Stevie Nelson, Hilliard, and Eddie
Nelson, Edgewater, Florida; one-step daughter, Mrs. Sheila Lindsey, Callahan; one step-son Johnny Rawls, Hilliard: three sisters, Mrs. Delia Hand, Callahan, Mrs. Wilma Guynn, Jacksonville and Mrs. Hazel Barker, Callahan; two brothers, Lindsey Nelson, Hilliard, and Lamar Nelson, Callahan; and fourteen grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the First United Methodist Church Milliard with the Rev. Freddie Earl Thornton
officiating. Interment will be held in Oakwood Cemetery. Adkins-Shepard Mortuary in charge.
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