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Evie Lee “Evie Lee” <I>Downs</I> Johnson

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Evie Lee “Evie Lee” Downs Johnson

Birth
Death
16 Mar 1938 (aged 43)
Burial
Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.5411814, Longitude: -85.2558654
Plot
W. T. Johnson Family Plot
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Wife of William Thomas Johnson, Jr. 1884-1948; mother of Isabelle, Eleanor & George Johnson.


Evie Lee Johnson was the eldest daughter (b. August 6, 1894) in a family of six children born to George L. Downs and Hettie Beatrice Lipham. Evie Lee was named for her maternal grandmother, Sara Vida Lee, who died of "childbirth fever" when Evie Lee's mother was one week old. Evie Lee died suddenly of pneumonia at the age of 44 on March 16, 1938.


In 1916, Evie Lee married William T. Johnson, Jr. the oldest son of William Thomas Johnson and Susan Isabella Colquitt. He was born November 15, 1884 in Bowdon, GA and died of emphysema on February 11, 1948, at the Atlanta home of his daughter Isabelle Johnson Whatley, 1895 Boulevard Drive, S.E.
Wife of William Thomas Johnson, Jr. 1884-1948; mother of Isabelle, Eleanor & George Johnson.


Evie Lee Johnson was the eldest daughter (b. August 6, 1894) in a family of six children born to George L. Downs and Hettie Beatrice Lipham. Evie Lee was named for her maternal grandmother, Sara Vida Lee, who died of "childbirth fever" when Evie Lee's mother was one week old. Evie Lee died suddenly of pneumonia at the age of 44 on March 16, 1938.


In 1916, Evie Lee married William T. Johnson, Jr. the oldest son of William Thomas Johnson and Susan Isabella Colquitt. He was born November 15, 1884 in Bowdon, GA and died of emphysema on February 11, 1948, at the Atlanta home of his daughter Isabelle Johnson Whatley, 1895 Boulevard Drive, S.E.

Inscription

"The loveliest and the best has smiled and said 'Goodnight' and gone to rest."



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  • Created by: EleanorB
  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31486649/evie_lee-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for Evie Lee “Evie Lee” Downs Johnson (6 Aug 1894–16 Mar 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31486649, citing Bowdon City Cemetery, Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by EleanorB (contributor 47071635).