Garry Ellis Johnson, Sr, and sister, Etta Louise Johnson, and their dog, Tip, Jacinto City, Harris, Texas, about 1966.
Etta Louise Johnson and Etta’s uncle, Albert George Junkert, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, June 1969. We spent a week with him for several summers. This page is sponsored by: Sally Frederick-Tudor
BFF, Sally Ann Frederick and Etta’s uncle, Albert George Junkert, June 1969, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas.
Brother, Garry “Gigi” Ellis Johnson, Sr. and Etta Louise Johnson Wilson, Aug. 14, 2015, Baytown, Harris, Texas. I went with Garry to see his sister in the nursing home. I never thought that it would be the last time that I would see her alive. Me and Garry wish that you, your mom, and Linda could be here to see us so happy after 52 years apart. God is good. I lost my home and truck to Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, then I…
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NT14-Z7N : 9 March 2018, William Williams, ); citing 1785, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 428,968.
Marriage: 14 September 1802 in Botetourt, Virginia
Second Wife: Margaret Bryan
Marriage: 7 March 1814 in Botetourt, Virginia
A Brief History of Roanoke County
Located in the heart of the Blue Ridge, the Roanoke County of today is the product of a long and varied history. The land itself was carved out of an ancient mountain range which left a great basin of fertile ground at the foot of Appalachia. In time, the region attracted herds of game and with them, the valley’s first residents. The Native Americans who settled what was to become the Roanoke Valley created an agriculture-based society along a winding river. These early settlers created a currency, ‘rawrenoc’, smoothed shells from which the word Roanoke is likely derived. https://www.roanokecountyva.gov/805/History
William Curle Williams, Jr, Virginia
Birth:
1785
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Christening:
Death:
12 September 1785
St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Aug. 18, 1852
Salem, Salem, Virginia
His first wife was Margaret Ann McCarrollHis second wife was Margaret Bryan Family links: Spouse:
Name: Mamie “Minnie” Matilda T. Hawkins (Williams)
Born: 6 July 1886 in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Married: 28 November 1903 in Hawkins County, Tennessee to George Lee Williams
Hawkins County Tennessee 1888 map
Children: (4)
Etta Louise Williams (Junkert) (1905-1951)
Louise Williams (Rakestraw) (1911-1958)
Frank James Williams (1918-1982)
Jimmie George Williams (1919-1997)
Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, Tennessee
George Lee Williams never lived in Texas, Minnie came to Texas in the 1930’s after leaving him. He remarried to Mae and moved to Peoria, Illinois, according to Randa Keefer Johnson.
Name
Mammie T Williams
Event Type
Death
Event Date
21 Mar 1960
Event Place
Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
Gender
Female
Marital Status
Widowed
Birth Date
06 Jul 1886
Birthplace
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Certificate Number
25725
Citing this Record
“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K345-F5T : 13 March 2018), Mammie T Williams, 21 Mar 1960; citing certificate number 25725, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,265.
Died: 21 March 1960 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas
Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas shoreline
Buried: 23 March 1960 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA
Mammie Maltilda “Minnie” Hawkins Williams
BIRTH 6 Jul 1886
Tennessee, USA
DEATH 21 Mar 1960 (aged 73)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
BURIAL
Rose Hill Memorial Park
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 234103548
Parents: William Louis Williams and and Martha “Marthy” Elizabeth Johnston
Born: 14 December 1883 in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Name George L Williams Event Type Census Event Year 1900 Event Place Civil District 12 (south part), Hawkins, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 16 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) W Relationship to Head of Household Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Birth Date Dec 1884 Birthplace Tennessee Father’s Birthplace Virginia Mother’s Birthplace Tennessee Martha E Williams Head F 54 Tennessee George L Williams Son M 16 Tennessee William Omarry Son-in-law M 23 Tennessee Luila Omarry Daughter F 22 Tennessee Bessie L Omarry Granddaughter F 1 Tennessee Citing this Record “United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8T-FJN : accessed 1 July 2018), George L Williams in household of Martha E Williams, Civil District 12 (south part), Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,577.
Resided: 1937 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Died: 16 December 1939 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Buried: December 1939 in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America
George Lee Williams, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, by LKat, 19 Dec. 2016, used with permission
Gravesite Details
Pvt, US Army
Name: George Williams
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1939
Event Place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America
Photograph Included: N
Death Date: 16 Dec 1939
Affiliate Record Identifier: 3058556
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Citation”Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-332P : 13 December 2015), George Williams, 1939; Burial, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery; citing record ID 3058556, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Marriage: 28 November 1903 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Name George Lee Williams Event Type Draft Registration Event Date 1917-1918 Event Place Washington County, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Nationality United States Birth Date 14 Dec 1883 Birthplace , , United States Citing this Record
“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6R-SCM : 13 March 2018), George Lee Williams, 1917-1918; citing Washington County, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,698.
Dorothy had five children total. One son, Lewis Gene Marshall (1942-2006), father: Richard Lewis Marshall.
She was a widow, in 1956, she was only 31, she and her children lived across the street from us at 1706 Cheston Drive, Jacinto City, Harris County, Texas 77029.
My family, the Jean & Leroy Frederick family lived across the street at 1709 Cheston Drive, Jacinto City, Harris, Texas. We lived there up until I was 15, in 1968, when my parents divorced. They both remarried, and mother moved to Wood Shadows in Houston, Harris, Texas while Daddy married and moved us to Dayton, Liberty, Texas.
Dorothy had five children. One son, Lewis Gene Marshall, father: Richard Lewis Marshall.
Married: Edward Leroy Johnson, Sr.
Children: (4) Edward “Eddie” Leroy Johnson Jr., Linda Gayle Johnson (Ward), Garry Ellis Johnson, Sr, and Etta Louise Johnson (Wilson).
Etta Louise Johnson Wilson and Sally Ann Frederick Tudor, 2009 in Baytown, Harris, Texas
Her daughter Etta and I were best friends = BFF. Dorothy’s husband, Edward Leroy Johnson Sr., died when Etta was seven weeks of age, in 1956, so I never knew him. Me and Etta went to Corpus Christi, Texas during the summer together for a week to stay with her Uncle Al Junkert. We loved it! We went to the beach, and ate whatever we wanted to. We played games and helped Al cook dinner together, whatever we choose to. Al took us to the Benjamin Franklin Dime Store, and let us buy whatever we wanted to. Good times. We felt really special. Her Uncle Al Junkert was lonely, he had no children.
Dorothy was loved by all. She worked hard and supported her family of five on her own. Dorothy was good to all us kids on Cheston Drive, in Jacinto City, Harris, Texas. She was more like family than just a neighbor.
We called her “Aunt” Dorothy, even though we were not related by blood. Her door was always open to us kids. She didn’t lock her door. I miss all the good times we spent together playing cards and visiting, and all the slumber parties with Etta. I loved Aunt Dorothy just like my own Mother. Dorothy loved to listen to Marty Robbins and Ray Price. She worked at Dewey’s Food Store on Market Street for years as a Cashier.
I really miss our long talks, domino & card games, and all the good snacks Dorothy had for me when I came to visit, which was a lot! I loved it over there, Dorothy treated us kids like we were special. I never wanted to go home. I love you, Dorothy and miss you so much. You are gone but not forgotten. Love, the skinny, scrawny, insecure, little girl, that you made feel special and loved unconditionally, Sally Ann Frederick.
UPDATE: Dorothy’s daughter, Etta was my BFF, and her son Garry was my childhood sweetheart in 1966. Garry was 13 and I was 12, and they called it puppy love.
We both married and lost touch with each other up until 2015 when Garry became widowed and looked me up on Facebook. I did not become a widow until 2018, but we stayed in touch and we went to see his sister in the nursing home in Baytown, Harris, Texas together in 2015.
He told me that I was “his girl”, and that I had always been “his girl”. We never stopped dreaming about all the “what if’s”. In June 2018 we both knew that we still loved each other, even after 52 years apart. I was so depressed in 2017 from losing my home and auto in Hurricane Harvey, and so I really bottomed out when I lost my husband in February 2018. I prayed continually for God’s will. God gave us another chance at love, and we both went for it. We are now husband and wife. He is 65 and me 64. OMG, his mother is my mother-in-law, and Etta and Linda are my sisters-in-law after all these years. I wish that they and Etta could be here to see how happy we are now together. God is good.
Aunt Dorothy’s song played at her funeral.
Forest Park East Cemetery
Location:
21620 Gulf Freeway Webster, Harris County, Texas, 77598,USA
Garry Ellis Johnson, Sr, and sister, Etta Louise Johnson, and their dog, Tip, Jacinto City, Harris, Texas, about 1966.
Etta Louise Johnson and Etta’s uncle, Albert George Junkert, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, June 1969. We spent a week with him for several summers. This page is sponsored by: Sally Frederick-Tudor
BFF, Sally Ann Frederick and Etta’s uncle, Albert George Junkert, June 1969, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas. 
Brother, Garry “Gigi” Ellis Johnson, Sr. and Etta Louise Johnson Wilson, Aug. 14, 2015, Baytown, Harris, Texas. I went with Garry to see his sister in the nursing home. I never thought that it would be the last time that I would see her alive. Me and Garry wish that you, your mom, and Linda could be here to see us so happy after 52 years apart. God is good. I lost my home and truck to Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, then I…
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