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Flemon Carden Johnston Sr.

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Flemon Carden Johnston Sr.

Birth
Pickens County, Alabama, USA
Death
8 Oct 2003 (aged 97)
Burial
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.481865, Longitude: -86.8430067
Plot
Block 34
Memorial ID
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Flemon Carden Johnston age 97, of Hoover, died October 8, 2003. Mr. Johnston was born in Pickens County, February 8, 1906 and graduated from Hueytown High School. He married Lenora Peterson in 1931 and had two children.

Mr. Johnston managed a Hill Grocery Store and established Johnston grocery stores in Ensley and Graymont. He worked as a real estate agent with Belview Realty until his retirement at age 93. He was a member of Ensley Highlands Methodist Church and served as Secretary of the Ensley Kiwanis Club.

Survivors: wife of 72 years, daughter, son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fannie Atchinson Johnston and Thomas Avery Johnston; his sisters, Oma Bearden, Lena Poe, Louise Chambers; and his brothers, Clarence and Draper Johnston.

Service will be held Saturday, October 11, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30 until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bluff Park United Methodist Church and New Beacon Hospice.

-- Excerpt from obituary published in the Birmingham News on October 10, 2003
Flemon Carden Johnston age 97, of Hoover, died October 8, 2003. Mr. Johnston was born in Pickens County, February 8, 1906 and graduated from Hueytown High School. He married Lenora Peterson in 1931 and had two children.

Mr. Johnston managed a Hill Grocery Store and established Johnston grocery stores in Ensley and Graymont. He worked as a real estate agent with Belview Realty until his retirement at age 93. He was a member of Ensley Highlands Methodist Church and served as Secretary of the Ensley Kiwanis Club.

Survivors: wife of 72 years, daughter, son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fannie Atchinson Johnston and Thomas Avery Johnston; his sisters, Oma Bearden, Lena Poe, Louise Chambers; and his brothers, Clarence and Draper Johnston.

Service will be held Saturday, October 11, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30 until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bluff Park United Methodist Church and New Beacon Hospice.

-- Excerpt from obituary published in the Birmingham News on October 10, 2003


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