VESTAL AKRIDGE JOHNSON
Born July 24, 1880 and was the 4th child of William Harrison Johnson and
Nancy Wood
Vestal
married Vallie Ward, sister of Carl's wife Lela. The 1920 census shows Vestal and Vallie living in
Henrietta, Texas, with seven-year-old Veda L (Vestal's death records list her
as Veda V.). Family stories
indicate that marriage ended in divorce and Vestal went west about 1926.
At
the time of Vestal's death in 1966, the May 31 edition of The Oregon Statesman listed in Vestal's obituary that he died at a
Silverton nursing home. His address
had been at 1495 Front Street NE in Salem and the obituary stated he lived in
the area "for forty years."
It is not clear if he lived at that same address for forty years, or
just that he had lived in Salem for forty years. Survivors listed are his daughter
Veda V. Yancey of Brightwood and one grandchild, unnamed. Vestal is buried in Bethany
Cemetery. Unger Mortuary handled
the service but could supply no further information.
Veda V. Johnson
Veda
V. Leath Yancey's obituary lists her birth as 29 August 1912 and death date as
5 July 1997. She is survived by a
daughter, Gail J. Boyd of Portland, Oregon, three grandchildren, and five
great-grandchildren. Her husband
Garnet F. Yancey died in 1995. Veda
is buried in Willamette National Cemetery and Killingsworth Little Chapel of
the Chimes was in charge of arrangements.