Owen David Johnson (1896 - 1983)

Born 9 Mar 1896 in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Mar 1983 at age 87 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Owen was given no middle name at birth. Upon entering the Army he was required to have a middle name. The name he selected was David. He was legally blind as a result of action in WWI. Source: Gerry (Johnson) Harshfield

The Daily Oklahoman, 3 March 1983 Owen David Johnson, Age 87, died March 20, 1983, came to Okla. City in 1908. He was born in San Angelo. Served in WWI, was a disabled veteran wounded in action serving in the Signal Corp of the US Army. Was a business man, owned and operated "Snug Harbor" on Lake Overholser from 1939-1976. He amassed one of the largest private record collections in the world and was a champion tournament bridge player. Survived by a son, Owen R. Johnson of OKC; daughter, Jeri Reneau Johnson of the home; grandchildren Richard and Whitney Johnson; nieces and nephews, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Nedbalek, Doug & Bill Hensley [sic.], and Gwyneth Roberts. Services 10am Wednesday, Smith & Kernke Funeral Chapel. Interment Rossville Cemetery, Rossville OK.

Sources

• List of the Children of C. C. and Nancy Johnson, n. d.; privately held by M. La Nell Shores Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1966. Inherited at the death of my grandmother; hand written on onion skin paper; listed in birth order; transcribed by M. La Nell Ford Johnson Shores, "Geo, Mary Jane, Baby, Avaline, Anna, Joe Tilliman, W. G., Sallie Carrie, Owen David, stillborn, Alice Letha, D. G., Macky, Preston

• "WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918," database and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed Oct 2011), Owen D. Johnson, of St. Louis, MO.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84325647/owen-david-johnson), memorial page for Owen David Johnson (9 Mar 1896–20 Mar 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84325647, citing Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Harv (contributor 47030477) .