| NORMA SANDOL JOHNSON
(Pages 459-464) Wilbert Johnson and Amanda Johnson's daughter, Norma Sandol, born on April 15, 1938, was graduated from St. George High School in 1956. Shortly after graduation Norma found employment with the Prudential Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida. Norma made her home with her aunts, her mother's sisters, in Jacksonville so as to be
closer to her work. Norma Johnson married Hugh Graham King on November 20, 1965, in Baldwin, Florida. Hugh "Graham" was born on November 3, 1920, in Gordon, Houston County, Alabama, son of Kathryn Graham and Grady W. King. Graham's siblings include Mrs. Margaret Beckham of Newton, Alabama; Mrs. Lucia Driggers of Dothan, Alabama; and Mrs. Miriam Suggs of Huntsville, Alabama. Graham's father Grady was a farmer who had vast landholdings near Dothan, Alabama. At the time of Graham King and Norma Johnson's marriage, Graham was engaged in heavy equipment and cross-country trucking operations. Later, he divested himself of that business and developed a retail store in Jacksonville. Graham and Norma became the owners and operators of the H & N Sewing Store, merchandizing sewing machines, vacuum cleaners and other household appliances. Norma Johnson and Graham King are parents to one child, Howard Graham, born on January 8, 1967, in
Jacksonville. Upon his father and mother's passage, Graham King inherited a large tract of farmland in Alabama near Dothan. In 1977, Norma Johnson and Graham King sold their store in Jacksonville and moved to Dothan where they established a much larger retail appliance store. The store was operated to a large extent by Norma and became very successful. 
NORMA SANDOL JOHNSON KING
(ca. 1999)
(Photo page 461)
Graham, in addition to duties in the appliance store, worked long hours to develop his landholdings into a highly productive peanut farm. As Graham's farming became more and more successful, he increased his landholdings and distributed his crop plantings to include soybean and canola bean crops. With the success of the appliance store, Norma and Graham felt the need to expand
their store operation so in the 1990s they constructed a very large retail appliance store and warehouse on the major arterial drive around Dothan. Success followed Norma and Graham both in the performance of the new store and in Graham's expanded farming operations. 
HUGH GRAHAM KING
(ca. 1999)
(Photo page 462)
Norma Johnson and Graham King's son Howard worked with his father and mother in the store and contributed greatly to its success. He was an honor student in high school and continued his education by attending and graduating from the Wallace Junior College in Dothan. Upon his graduation, Howard entered Auburn University, located in Aubum, Alabama. 
HOWARD AND STEFANIE KING FAMILY
HOWARD, STEFANIE, BENJAMIN, SYLVIA
(ca. 1997)
(Photo page 463)
While attending Aubum University, Howard King met, courted and married fellow student Stefanie Gay Fans in Aubum on April 16, 1989. Stefanie was born on September 10, 1968, in Opelika, Alabama, the only child of Gail Shuman and Earl Steven Faris. Both Howard King and Stefanie Faris were graduated from Aubum
University in 1990, Howard with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and Stefanie with a bachelor's degree in nutrition. Howard King and Stefanie Faris are parents to Benjamin Faris, born on November 29, 1989, and Sylvia Kathryn, born on December 28, 1991. After graduation from Aubum, Howard accepted a position as an electrical engineer with the ADTRAM Company, located in Huntsville, Alabama. Stefanie turned her attentions to making a home for
Howard and their young family and later to home schooling their children. In late 1998, Howard and Stefanie moved their family to Dothan to assist in the operation of his mother and father's enterprises. This Chapter: |
