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Samuel Henry “Sam” Johnson

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Samuel Henry “Sam” Johnson

Birth
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
Death
26 Mar 2011 (aged 89)
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Son of Julious Laney Johnson, Sr. and Rebecca Armanda "Arrie" Hallman Johnson. Brother of Eula Helon Johnson Lynn Alexander, Vive Bell Johnson, Jesse Monroe Johnson, Rosie Mae Johnson Ellison, Nathan Claude Johnson, Gracie Johnson Lafoy, Ssgt. Tommie Lee Johnson, Julius Laney Johnson, Jr., and Ethelene Johnson Parker McGuff. Husband of Evelyn Maurine Simpson Johnson, and Lorene Brewer Shuttlesworth Johnson.

Sam worked "cutting timber" as a young man. During World War II he worked as a "nailer" at the Miller Box Company in Tuscaloosa, AL. The workers there turned out hundreds of thousands of wooden crates and boxes of various size which were used by the US Armed Forces to ship munitions and supplies to the troops on the field of battle.

After the war ended he sought employment at the newly opened B.F. Goodrich Tire Company's Tuscaloosa Plant in 1947. He retired after 30 years of service.
Son of Julious Laney Johnson, Sr. and Rebecca Armanda "Arrie" Hallman Johnson. Brother of Eula Helon Johnson Lynn Alexander, Vive Bell Johnson, Jesse Monroe Johnson, Rosie Mae Johnson Ellison, Nathan Claude Johnson, Gracie Johnson Lafoy, Ssgt. Tommie Lee Johnson, Julius Laney Johnson, Jr., and Ethelene Johnson Parker McGuff. Husband of Evelyn Maurine Simpson Johnson, and Lorene Brewer Shuttlesworth Johnson.

Sam worked "cutting timber" as a young man. During World War II he worked as a "nailer" at the Miller Box Company in Tuscaloosa, AL. The workers there turned out hundreds of thousands of wooden crates and boxes of various size which were used by the US Armed Forces to ship munitions and supplies to the troops on the field of battle.

After the war ended he sought employment at the newly opened B.F. Goodrich Tire Company's Tuscaloosa Plant in 1947. He retired after 30 years of service.


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