Submitted by Emily O'Neal


Rome News Tribune January 21, 1972

Frank R. Johnston

Frank Raymond Johnston, 76, of Cave Spring Rd., died Thursday in a Rome hospital. He had been in declining health for the past three years, his condition having been critical for the past three days.
Johnston was born in Floyd County on April 26, 1895, son of the late Miles and Clara Hall Johnston. He was educated in the public schools here and prior to his retirement because of ill health, was engaged as a carpenter and builder.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lois Barnes Johnston, Rome; nine daughters, Mrs. Glen Eddy, of Tonawanda, Pa., Mrs. Turner Youngblood, Miss Frances Johnston, Mrs. Lindsey Rush, Mrs. Wilma Casey, Mrs. Georgia Worthington and Miss Genise Johnston, all of Rome, Mrs. Charles Duke, Douglasville, and Mrs. Martha Roberts, Armuchee; one son, Fred Raymond Johnston, of Wilmington, N.C.; four sisters, Mrs. L. M. Johnston, Green Cove Springs, Fla.; Mrs. S.M. Frye and Mrs. L.P. Wright, both of Rome, and Mrs. J.W. Walters, Palm Beach, Fla.; one brother, Miles Johnston of Rome; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at the graveside in Oakland Cemetery.

(Note: died Jan. 20)

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