Media Mae (Austin) Johnson (1897 - 1960)

Born 23 Jul 1897 in Culleoka, Maury, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Leslie Beard Johnson Sr — married 18 May 1913 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 23 May 1960 at age 62 in Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Media was born in 1897. She was the daughter of James Austin and Sarah Frances Epps. She passed away in 1960.

Obituary^[1]

MRS. MEDIA AUSTIN JOHNSON

Mrs. Media Austin Johnson, 63, widow of Leslie B. Johnson, died Monday night about 10:15 while enroute to St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville. She had been in a local hospital for treatment of a kidney ailment for several weeks.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 PM at the London Funeral Home by the Rev. Grant L. Jones and burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery.

She was a member of the Baptist Church.

The daughter of the late James W. and Frances E. Epps Austin, Mrs. Johnson was born in Maury County. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Moore of Pulaski, and Mrs. James McNatt of Shelbyville; four sons, Thomas A. Johnson of Pulaski, and, Dr. James J. Johnson, Leslie B. Johnson, Jr. and Ralph Johnson all of Lewisburg; one sister Mrs. James A. Turner of Columbia; four brothers, Charles H. Austin of Culleoka, and Will, John and James Austin of Ulan, OK., 20 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ Lewisburg Tribune -- May 1960

• 1900 Census [1]
• 1910 Census [2]
• Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950 [3]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #72191323