Johns Family Jessamine Co., Ky.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on August 22, 2009 at 10:31am

Vinia JohnsDavis d/o William Henry Johns is buried Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas

Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on August 22, 2009 at 10:43am

Johns Sisters Minnie Johns Eckler, Mary Johns Vivian, Adaline Johns Moore

Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on August 22, 2009 at 2:34pm

Everett Atwood Eckler, 61, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, died May 6, 1982 at the Harrison Nursing Home after a long illness. He was a member of the Nicholasville Baptist Church, veteran of World War II, and a former employee of the Old Hunter Hardware Company. He was a native of Jessamine County and the son of the late Everett and Minnie Johns Eckler. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Charlene Crabtree of Lexington; three sons, Jim and John Eckler of Lexington and William Eckler of Nicholasville; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services wil be Monday at Betts and West Funeral Home in Nicholasville. Burial will be in Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Jessamine County, Kentucky.

Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on August 22, 2009 at 2:36pm

Mrs. Minnie Johns Eckler, 76, 2112 Broadway, died October 7, 1968 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was a member of the Nicholasville Baptist Church and a former employee of the Jessamine County school system. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frances Reynolds of Nicholasville, two sons, Everett A. Eckler of Nicholasville, and Jimmy Eckler of Lexington; three sisters, Mrs. Addie Wallman of Nicholasville, Mrs. Eli Bevin of Streeter, Illinois, Mrs. Pearl Mastin of Lexington; and three grandchildren. The body is at Betts and West Funeral Home.

Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on August 22, 2009 at 3:21pm

Mabel English Johns, 69, wife of Edward (Ed) Johns, of 327 Well Lane, Nicholasville, died Thursday night, January 12, (1978) after a long illness. She was a native of Jessamine County, a daughter of the late C. C. and Claudia Davis English, an active member of the Nicholasville Christian Church, member of the Healy Homemakers Club and a Kentucky Colonel. Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Johnson, of Atlanta, Ga; and Mrs. David Grow of Nicholasville; four sons, Kenneth, Sonny, Jr., Billy Clay and Arby Johns, all of Nicholasville; four sisters, Mrs. Clarence Robinson, Nicholasville, Mrs.Oakley Lee, of Louisiana; Mrs. Vivian Ford and Mrs. Ruth Jones, both of Dallas, Texas; one brother, Buell English of Lancaster, Ky; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Betts and West Funeral Home by Rev. E. E. Sivis, Rev. Gayle Toole, Rev. Doyle Cannon. Burial was in the Maple Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Worley Burton, Victor Robinson, Bobby Gene English, Danny Johns, Ronald Johns, and Scotty Johns. Honorary bearers were Cecil Johnson, Chester Shackelford, Lemon Lee, Jimmy Fisher, Mark Barnett, John Lanham, Bob Hughes, and David Willhotte.

Verdenia Johns Johnson, 51, wife of Robert Johnson, Atlanta, Georgia, died April 17 (1981). She was a native of Nicholasville and was the daughter of Edward Johns of Well Lane and the late Mabel English Johns. Besides her husband and father, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Debbie Fields, Mrs. Terri Barjars and Miss Mary Jo Johnson, all of Dallas, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Joretta Grow, Nicholasville, four brothers, Kenneth, Charles (Sonny), Billy Clay, and Arby Johns, all of Nicholasville, and four grandchildren. Memorial services were held Saturday afternoon at the Hay and Anatt Funeral Home in Marietta, Georgia. Burial was Tuesday afternoon in Restland Memorial Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.

Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on September 1, 2009 at 12:04pm

Published on October 4, 2001, Lexington Herald-Leader (KY)
JESSAMINE COUNTY FARMER, 72, DIES AFTER FALLING OFF TRACTOR

A Jessamine County farmer died Tuesday after he fell off a tractor and was run over, according to the Fayette County coroner's office. Bobbie Clifton Johns, 72, of West Brown Street, Nicholasville, was taken to the University of Kentucky Medical Center after the accident, which occurred about 2 p.m. on a farm in Jessamine County. He was pronounced dead at 6 p.m.Mr. Johns was a World War II veteran and the husband of Betty Johns.Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Betts & West Funeral Home.

[Bobbie was the son of Homer Johns (and Haazel Carter) grandson of Cordelia House (and William Johns) great grand son of Benjamin James House (and Martha Jane Stinnett) great great grand son of Matthias House, Jr. and great great great grand son of Matthias House of Slate Mills, Va. ]