Lois Missouri (Sellers) Johnson (1917 - 2005)

Born 19 Jun 1917 in Mize, Smith County, Mississippi, USA

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Died 20 Apr 2005 at age 87 in Florence, Rankin County, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Lois Missouri Sellers was born on Jun 19, 1917 in Mize, Smith, Mississippi, USA as the second child of Ervin Ansel Sellers and Annie Jane Robinson.^[1] She had ten siblings, namely: Lavaughn, Ervin Ore, Montez, James Clinton, Birtrez, Ernest Francis, Olean Katherine, Genevieve "Billy Jean", Barbara Jane "Quida", and Maxie Gerl Sr. She died on Apr 20, 2005 in Florence, Rankin, Mississippi, USA (Briar Hill Nursing Home; Age at Death: 87).

Lois Missouri Sellers lived in Police Jury Ward 2, West Carroll, Louisiana in 1930. She lived in Hinds, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Hinds, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 22; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). Race: (White)

She was buried in Thomasville, Rankin, Mississippi, USA (Dry Creek Cemetery).^[2]

Obituary

The Clarion-Ledger, Apr 22, 2005

Florence

Lois M. Johnson, 87, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Briar Hill Nursing Home. Funeral services are 4 p.m. today at Dry Creek Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church 2-4 p.m. today. Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home of Pearl is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Johnson was a member of Dry Creek Baptist Church and retired from Mississippi State Hospital. A loving mother and grandmother, she was preceded in death by her husband, Garvin Johnson and daughter-in-law, Ruby Hudgins Johnson.

Survivors include her son, Gerl Johnson of Bay St. Louis; sisters, Bertrez Uskivich of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Billie Jean Keen of Jackson, and Olean Byrne of Florence; grandchild, Jennifer "Nikki" Johnson; great grandchildren, Keegan Johnson and Sage Pierson.

Memorials may be made to Dry Creek Cemetery Fund, 2442 Star Rd., Florence, MS 39073.

The family would like to thank the staff of Briar Hill Nursing Home and a special thanks to Wanetta Sheppard who provided exemplary care and love.^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Name: Lois Missaui Johnson [Lois M Johnson] [Lois Missaui Sellers] SSN: xxx Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 19 Jun 1917 Birth Place: Mize Smith, Mississippi Death Date: 20 Apr 2005 Father: Ervin A Sellers Mother: Annie J Robinson Death Certificate Number: 721 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Mar 1962: Name listed as LOIS MISSAUI JOHNSON; 03 May 2005: Name listed as LOIS M JOHNSON
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-DGYR : 11 July 2016), Lois Missouri Sellers Johnson, 2005; Burial, Thomasville, Rankin, Mississippi, United States of America, Dry Creek Cemetery; citing record ID 65173928, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ Published The Clarion-Ledger, Apr 22, 2005
4. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRR-DLGJ : 25 October 2016), Mrs Lois M Johnson, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States, 22 Apr 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Sun Herald, The, born-digital text.

• The Sellers Family Tree Booklet., Compiled by: Amy D. Wickham, Ft. Worth, Texas, no page #; Portions taken from "Dewitt Roots & Shoots" by Avis W. Dewitt, Title: "Dewitt Roots & Shoots" by Avis W. Dewitt, Note: Source Media Type: Book; distributed at various family reunions.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3TP-8MK : 19 May 2014), Lois M Johnson, 20 Apr 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGK-Z5Z : accessed 29 November 2016), Lois Johnson in household of Garvin Johnson, Beat 1, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-45A, sheet 5B, line 75, family 93, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2027.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTF-368 : accessed 29 November 2016), Lois Sellers in household of Eervin A Sellers, Police Jury Ward 2, West Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 23A, line 33, family 485, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 825; FHL microfilm 2,340,560.