Obituary

Hearl Winford Johnson
(December 13, 1923 - June 4, 2011)

Hearl Winford Johnson, 87, of Barboursville, WV, went to join his wife Margaret on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am Thursday, June 9, 2011 at Steele Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. Ralph Sager. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington, WV. He was born December 13, 1923 in Salt Rock, WV, a son of the late Willie Leroy Johnson and Thelma Odessa Baker Johnson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Morgan Johnson, one brother, Hezza Johnson and one sister, Anna Lee Wade. He was a retired employee of Armco Steel and had his own house painting business. He was a US Navy veteran serving in World War II and he attended Steele Memorial United Methodist Church. He is survived by one son, David Lee Johnson and his wife Karen of Barboursville; three daughters, Margene Smith of Barboursville, Kitty Robinson and her husband Michael of Tampa, FL, and Amy Adkins and her husband Jeff of Charleston, SC; ten grandchildren, Angela Johnson, Jennifer Johnson Polo, Sarah Bougher, Jacob, Caleb, Zach, Leah and Levi Adkins, Emily Luedtke and Betsy Robinson Correa; five great grandchildren, Ella and Nathan Bougher, Colin Luedtke, Morgan Jane Adkins, Wyatt Brooks Adkins and another great grandchild expected in October; two sisters, Sylvia McCallister and Lorna Pollack, both of Barboursville; and one brother, Jennings Johnson of Ravenswood, WV. Visitation will be from 6-9 pm Wednesday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville and after 9:00 am Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Huntington, P.O. Box 464, Huntington, WV, 25709.  The family would like to give a heartfelt thanks to Linda Wood, his caretaker, and love and appreciation to his second family, the employees of the Barboursville Bob Evans.