EDWIN A.  "SAMMY"  JOHNSON
(Submitted by Belynda Scott)

EDWIN A. "SAMMY" JOHNSON WAS BORN ON MARCH 19, 1933 IN GALENA, MISSOURI AND DIED NOVEMBER 28, 2005 AT HOME IN GALENA, MISSOURI.  HE MARRIED KAY MURPHY ON NOVEMBER 12, 1955. HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EDWIN AND AUDA "GRISHAM" JOHNSON.  (AUDA WAS THE SISTER OF ALICE LOUELLA "GRISHAM" GREENWAY AND WILLIAM OLIVER "SONNY" GRISHAM) AND ONE BROTHER MAX JOHNSON. HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS KATHY COKER, DIANE STEWART AND SAMMIE THOMPSON AND LORI HARKINS AND OF COURSE HIS WIFE KAY JOHNSON AND ONE BROTHER CHARLES JOHNSON AND ONE SISTER PENNY BROWN. SERVICES WERE HELD AT 1 P. M. DECEMBER 1, 2005 AT HORSE CREEK CHURCH IN GALENA, MISSOURI WITH BURIAL IN THE GALENA CEMETERY UNDER DIRECTION OF CHEATHAM-STUMPFF FUNERAL HOME IN GALENA, STONE COUNTY, MISSOURI.