A native of Alabama, he had lived in Asheville since 1949. He was a civil engineering graduate of Auburn University. He was a retired employee of the U.S. Geological Survey and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was an elder at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Bomberger Johnson; a son, Dr. George Johnson of Morganton; two sisters, Mary Adams of Alexander City, Ala., and Bobadilla Courtney of Opelika, Ala.; five brothers, Jack Johnson of Birmingham, John and James Johnson of Opelika, William Otis Johnson of Virginia Beach, Oel Johnson of Hilton Head Island; and three grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 16, Asheville, N.C. 28802 or to Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road, Asheville, N.C. 28805.
Published in The Asheville Citizen-Times (NC), Tuesday, December 18, 1990
A native of Alabama, he had lived in Asheville since 1949. He was a civil engineering graduate of Auburn University. He was a retired employee of the U.S. Geological Survey and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was an elder at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Bomberger Johnson; a son, Dr. George Johnson of Morganton; two sisters, Mary Adams of Alexander City, Ala., and Bobadilla Courtney of Opelika, Ala.; five brothers, Jack Johnson of Birmingham, John and James Johnson of Opelika, William Otis Johnson of Virginia Beach, Oel Johnson of Hilton Head Island; and three grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 16, Asheville, N.C. 28802 or to Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, 123 Kenilworth Road, Asheville, N.C. 28805.
Published in The Asheville Citizen-Times (NC), Tuesday, December 18, 1990
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