Benjamin ‘Bennie’ Franklin Johns was born on 4 Mar 1927, a son of Julius Johns and Mary Catherine “Mamie” Brock. He was the 7th child born to this union and join his living siblings, three brothers and two sisters.
At age 10, his Father, Julius, was killed while walking home from work. Thirteen months later at age 11, he lost his Mother. His older brothers and sisters, but mainly his older sister Mary, cared for him until the age of majority.
On 21 March 1952, Bennie married Ottis Faye Lee, a young divorcee with two young daughters. This union ended in divorce on 19 June 1972. No children were born of this union.
Sometime after his divorce from Ottis Faye, Bennie met and married Sarah Clementine Robinson Mobley. They lived in Lexington, South Carolina. To date I have not found a marriage date for their marriage. I suspect that it took place somewhere in South Carolina most likely in Lexington, South Carolina. No known children were born to this union.
On 1 May 2001, at the age of 74, Benjamin Franklin ‘Bennie’ Johns died in Lexington County, South Carolina. Both he and Sarah are buried at Grandview Memorial Park, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina.
Benjamin Franklin ‘Bennie’ Johns is my Uncle.
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Sources:
1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2015); Memorial page for Bennie F. Johns; (1927–2001); Find a Grave memorial # 53015606, Citing Grandview Memorial Park - Hollis Lakes; Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina.
2. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 17, Page 16B/57B (stamped), Line 93, Dwelling 274, Family 280, Household of Juliane [Julius] JOHNS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 January 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_2192.
3. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-10, Page: 7B/126(stamped); Line 42, Household #107, Household of Mary E. JOHNS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 2 August 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_3799.
4. Social Security Administration, Ancestry database, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com : (Viewed| June 2015), Bennie F. Johns, <SS#_withheld>, Died 1 May 2001 derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Bennie F. Johns (1927–2001), Memorial # 53015606.
6. Bennie Johns obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 2 May 2001, page B4.
7. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-10, Page: 21B/140 (stamped); Line 44, Household #220, Household of Lillie Mae LEE; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : viewed 5 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3799.
8. Mrs. Ottis Faye Lee Hagler obituary, The Richmond County Daily Journal, Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, 29 April 2007.
9. "Social Security Death Index,"Ancestry, entry for Ottis F. Hagler, SS # withheld.
10. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Ottis Faye Lee Hagler (31 August 1931–29 April 2007), Memorial # 127524765.
Your uncle Bennie had a rough start in life. It is great that his sister stepped in to care for him.
ReplyDeleteYes,they all had a tough start my Mom and my Aunt Mary were his only two sisters and Mary was six years older than Mom.
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