Dexter D. Johnson
b. 27 April 1918, d. 30 September 1990
- Father: William Homer Johnson b. 27 March 1880, d. 8 December 1946
- Mother: Ophelia Arnold b. 5 June 1894, d. 7 December 1968
- Dexter D. Johnson was born on 27 April 1918 in Mississippi.
- William Homer Johnson and Ophelia Arnold appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, enumerated next to the household of Bud's brother Sam. Other members of the household included Dexter D. Johnson, Edgar T. Johnson and Maude Mae Johnson. Son Edgar (age 21) was identified as William E. Johnson in 1880. Bud's sister Maude (age 26) is identified as Mollie Smith, and she and her two children also are enumerated in 1920 in the Tishomingo County household of her sister Eva Goss.
- William Homer Johnson and Ophelia Arnold appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, at East Port Road. Other members of the household included Dexter D. Johnson, Ray Warren Johnson.
- He married Grace Mae Bevis.
- Dexter D. Johnson died on 30 September 1990 at age 72.
- He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield, Colbert County, Alabama.
- The following appeared on 8 January 2013 in the Florence Times Daily: Grace Mae Johnson 91, of Southaven, Miss., formerly of Sheffield, Ala., died Monday January 7, 2013. The funeral service will be 11:00 am Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013, at Morrison Funeral Home Tuscumbia. Visitation will be from 9:00 am until 11:00 am Tuesday prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow in Sheffield Oakwood Cemetery. Phil Waldrep will officiate.
She was a native of Sheffield, Ala. She was a retired Home Maker and a member of the Southside Baptist Church, Sheffield.
She was preceded in death by her husband Dexter Johnson, who was a TVA retiree and a lifetime musician of the Muscle Shoals area.
She is survived by her son Fred Johnson (Janet), of Olive Branch, Miss; her grandchildren Brad Johnson (Sarah), of Birmingham, Ala., Lindsey McFalls (Amos) of Corinth, Miss; her great grandchild Gray Johnson; her sister-in-law Louise Harrison, of Dyersburg, Tenn.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy Bevis, Jimmy Johnson, Rob Harrison, John Vickers, Butch Henson, Mackie Lovelace.
- Last Edited: 3 Jun 2015