Ora Kate was a sweet, loving and generous person. Quiet by nature, she always seemed cheerful and was interested in everything about her. Even though she advanced only as far as ninth grade, Ora taught school for a time.
After marrying, she worked hard at home with the children and also helped her husband in the coal mine company stores. In Rhodell, she was the Red Cross representative and supervised distribution of food and clothing to the needy. Many times, she and Neely would give away bags of food from their own stock to help those less fortunate. Often she served as midwife to the poor coal miners' and farmers' wives who lived up the hollows.
After they moved to Beckley, she worked as a seamstress and did alterations in Holt Kester's Dry Cleaning Establishment. She was a good correspondant and loved to fish. Her husband, children and grandchildren adored her.
After Neely died, she moved to Princeton at 718 Mercer Street, just across the road from her sister Erie. One night Erie asked her to come over. Crossing the street at Sixth and Mercer, Ora Kate was struck by a car, and she died five hours later.
Ora Kate was a sweet, loving and generous person. Quiet by nature, she always seemed cheerful and was interested in everything about her. Even though she advanced only as far as ninth grade, Ora taught school for a time.
After marrying, she worked hard at home with the children and also helped her husband in the coal mine company stores. In Rhodell, she was the Red Cross representative and supervised distribution of food and clothing to the needy. Many times, she and Neely would give away bags of food from their own stock to help those less fortunate. Often she served as midwife to the poor coal miners' and farmers' wives who lived up the hollows.
After they moved to Beckley, she worked as a seamstress and did alterations in Holt Kester's Dry Cleaning Establishment. She was a good correspondant and loved to fish. Her husband, children and grandchildren adored her.
After Neely died, she moved to Princeton at 718 Mercer Street, just across the road from her sister Erie. One night Erie asked her to come over. Crossing the street at Sixth and Mercer, Ora Kate was struck by a car, and she died five hours later.
Family Members
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Errett Austin Johnson
1878–1960
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Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Johnson Walters
1881–1935
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Georgia Calfee W. Johnson Hambrick
1888–1943
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Milton James "Micky" Johnson
1890–1968
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John William Johnson Sr
1890–1976
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Benjamin H Johnson
1893–1894
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Lake Erie Johnson
1896–1978
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Stanley Thompson Johnson
1898–1958
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Sallom Forest "Peo" Johnson
1900–1972
