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Iowa Family Reunion - the finale?

07/05/10 13:06
We are sad to report that the Johnson Family Reunion to be held on 13 June 2010 in Elliott, Iowa may be the last of it’s kind for our Iowa cousins. As always, they issue a kind invitation to all the Seth and Neva Kate Carmichael Johnson Family to attend. (Please click the “Read More...” link below to read the invitation.) This is an opportunity that may not come again. Family members, if you who are interested in attending, please send an email message to Jean at johnsonreunion(at)brooknet(dot)com. Road trip anyone? ... Read More...

Lore Chapman Poundstone Parks passes

07/04/10 10:16
On Tuesday, 6 April 2010, Lore Chapman Poundstone Parks passed away. The funeral service is at 11:30 a.m. at The First Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. A private graveside service for family will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to The First Baptist Church of Montgomery in lieu of flowers. Please see Cousin Lore’s obituary published in the Montgomery Advertiser on 7 April:

www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100407/OBITS/4070352/1038

Cousin Lore was the daughter of Wylie and Lore Henderson Poundstone, granddaughter of Emmett and May Johnson Poundstone and great-granddaughter of Dave and Myrtle Stennett Johnson. Dave was a brother of Seth Johnson, Sr..

We send our sympathy and love to the family of Lore Parks. Please keep them in your prayers.

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Harley Grandin wins rowing championship

12/02/10 10:17


It’s official... our cousin Harley Grandin is a rowing champion! On February 7, Harley won the 11th Annual Peninsula Indoor Rowing Championship in the Lightweight Men’s Division, 2000 meter event. The event was held at Canada College in Redwood, CA. With a time of 6:52.3, Harley also set a new personal record! Harley was in 4th place for most of the race, but he gave a hard finishing sprint to win the very tight race. Second place finished only .4m behind Harley, and the top 3 finished within .3 seconds of each other. ...

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Jack Poundstone named Montgomery All-Metro Player of the Year

01/01/10 21:40
The accolades for young athletes in the Johnson family just keep coming! Jack Poundstone has been named the 2009 All-Metro Player of the Year by the Montgomery Advertiser in 1A-4A football. The 6-foot-1, 175 lb. senior led the Trinity High School Wildcats as starting quarterback for the past two years. This year the Wildcats finished the regular season undefeated and ranked No. 1 in their division. Jack passed for 3,026 yards and scored 28 TDs. He rushed for 623 yards and scored seven rushing TDs. His career total of 6,015 yards ranks Jack in the AHSAA’s top-10 players for total offense. He completed 251 of his 372 passes this season which is the third highest number of completions in a season in AHSAA history. He was named first-team All-State quarterback in the 3A division. See the many football milestones set by Jack Poundstone as compiled by Wesley Lyle in this Montgomery Advertiser article. It’s good reading that includes an interview with Jack on several topics. (Believe it or not, his favorite sport is baseball!) The photo of Jack here, taken by Julie Bennett, appeared in that article.

Jack Poundstone is the great-great-grandson of Dave Johnson who was brother of Seth Johnson. Jack is a fourth cousin to another great Johnson football player on whom we recently reported, Jake Albritton. These family relationships can be quite complicated, so Wylie Pierson Johnson (Uncle Wylie) shared the genealogical chart below to help clarify. Thank you, Uncle Wylie! These and other reports here on the Johnson Family website prove that there is definitely a strong athletic streak in those Johnson genes!

Congratulations, Jack!

Philip Paddleford Johnson
________I________
I                                   I
Seth Johnson      Siblings         Dave Johnson
I                                                    I
     Caroline J. Albritton   1st Cousins         May J. Poundstone
I                                                           I
Walter Albritton, Jr.       2nd Cousins         Wylie Poundstone
I                                                                         I
Steve Albritton                    3rd Cousins           Haygood Poundstone 
 I                                                                   I       
Jake Albritton              4th Cousins            Jack Poundstone

Neva Scruggs "Scrubbie" Ennis in ill health

30/09/09 16:01
We received a message on 30 September 2009, from cousin Gary Morgan Ennis that his mother, Neva Miriam Scruggs “Scrubbie” Ennis has been in very ill health recently. In his message....

Mother had an "event" around Labor Day which put her in the hospital for about three days. The doctor on duty told me that she had a 'heart attack'. In any case she is back in Fidelia Eckerd Living Center and doing fairly well but certainly not as well as before.

She has both good and not so good days and she is still clear about most things but her time here seems to me to be ebbing away. And she is not in any pain for which I'm thankful.

Jeanne Suzanne and Tom Yancey came up to visit last week and Mother very much enjoyed their time together.

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Fred Johnson's grandchildren - an update

23/09/09 22:15
Wylie Pierson Johnson (Uncle Wylie) recently had an email correspondence with his cousin Frederick Orson “Fred” Johnson, II, and Fred’s son-in-law Mike Grandin regarding college plans for Mike’s son Harley Grandin. Harley has one more year of high school, so he’s visiting colleges and universities right now, several of them in the East, to see which one is best for him. These are lengthy trips as the Grandins reside in San Francisco. Grandpa Fred, who lives in Berkeley, took young Harley to visit Cornell this summer. ... Read More...

Milo Raymond Johnson has passed

05/08/09 18:03
We were saddened to learn that Milo Raymond Johnson passed away today, 5 August 2009, in Amarillo, Texas.  “He was sick with cancer of the lungs and was in poor health.”  ... UPDATE: Following is Milo Johnson’s obituary sent by his son Michael (Mike) Johnson. ... Read More...

Milo Johnson undergoing treatment for lung cancer

03/07/09 11:07
We were sad to learn that Milo Johnson has been diagnosed with lung cancer. We received this news from his sister, Josephine Johnson Parker.

They will start radiation for the lung cancer on Monday (6th) and will have at least 20 days of it before they will do another evaluation.  We will keep you posted.  We did go to Iowa earlier for the Memorial Day weekend as Win could make it then.

Milo and Jo are the children of Philip Ray and Elsie Rae Braden Johnson and grandchildren of Uncle Dan and Aunt Mary Taylor Johnson. Dan was a brother of Seth Johnson, Sr....
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Johnson Family Members invited to attend the Johnson Family Reunion in Elliott, Iowa

22/05/09 14:30
The Iowa roots of our Johnson Family are still deep and strong! Every year they continue the tradition of holding their own Johnson Family, and, as always, they have graciously invited all their Alabama (and beyond) cousins to join them in this annual family celebration on Sunday, June 14. ... Read More...

Bob and Betty Wells Baker celebrate 56 years of marriage

06/07/08 18:19
On 29 May 1952, Betty Lois Baker was wed to Robert Leonard Wells. They recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary! Congratulations, Bob and Betty!

Betty is our cousin through the Summers and Beavers progenitors of Grandmother Neva Kate Carmichael Johnson. Betty is the daughter of Iva Lois Pucket Baker, granddaughter of Alura Elizabeth "Lizzie" Summers Pucket, gr-granddaughter of William Franklin Summers, gr-gr-granddaughter of our common ancestors, Elias E. and Elizabeth Beavers Summers. Grandmother Johnson was daughter of Manora Alzada Summers Carmichael and granddaughter of Elias and Elizabeth Beavers Summers. ... Read More...

Johnson Family Reunion in Iowa

11/05/08 18:14
Our Iowa cousins are getting ready for their annual Johnson Family Reunion in Elliott, Iowa. They sent the announcement below to Uncle Wylie and invite their cousins down South to attend. You would be warmly welcomed! Make reservations soon!

Iowa Johnson Family 2008 Reunion.med

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Neva Miriam Scruggs Ennis celebrates a joyous 100th birthday!

20/08/07 16:54



It was a beautiful birthday celebration for a beautiful lady - so very fitting. And it was such a grand occasion that it took more than one day to celebrate it! Neva Miriam Scruggs Ennis, our Cousin "Scrubbie", was born 14 August 1907, in Gainesville, Florida to Brick Pomeroy and Sarah Fay Carmichael Scruggs.

Cousin Scrubbie's mother, Sarah Fay Carmichael, was born in Newnan, GA on 14 December 1882, to William Spencer and Manora Alzada Summers Carmichael. Sarah Fay had an older sister in the house when she was born. Her "big" sister was approximately one year old at the time. Her name was Neva Kate Carmichael - our own Grandmother Johnson who would be the future wife of Seth Johnson....See more photos.

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A high point trip around the Southeast

07/07/06 23:31
In June 2006, Dr. Frederick Orson "Fred" Johnson, of Berkeley, CA, visited his cousin Wylie Pierson Johnson in Vestavia Hills, AL. Wylie's son-in-law, James Allen Hill, joined the party, and the three traveled to the highest points in each of three states:  Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. Click here to view their photos.... Read More...

News of cousins Milo Johnson and "Jo" Johnson Parker

31/01/06 10:49
Milo Johnson recently visited sister Josephine Johnson Parker and her family in Commerce, TX. Milo and Jo are the children of Philip Ray and Elsie Rae Braden Johnson and grandchilren of Uncle Dan and Aunt Mary Taylor Johnson. Dan was brother to Seth Johnson. Read more and see the snaps!
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