Soloman Johnson

WASHINGTON -- Soloman D. Johnson, 87, died at 5:05 p.m. March 22, 2008, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Washington.

Born Aug. 5, 1920, at Ash Hill, to the late Solomon W. and Lydia Russ Johnson, he was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Washington, American Legion Post 218 and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines, serving during World War II.

On May 31, 1939, at Poplar Bluff, he married Dorothy Jolly who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: two daughters and sons-in-law, Jeanette and Ralph Brinker of Washington and Annette and James Ruether of Union; one daughter-

in-law, Vivian Johnson of Sikeston; and 10 grandchildren and 22 great-

grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by: one son, William Darins Johnson; three brothers, Roy Johnson, Van Johnson and William Johnson; and two sisters, Gladys Reasons and Evelyn Allen.

Services were conducted Wednesday at the Miller Funeral Home in Washington.

Burial followed in the St. Peter's Cemetery in Washington.