"Funeral services for Elmer N. Johnson, 61
years old, former Gibson County Republican state representative who died of a
heart attack Thursday night at his home here, will be held at 3:30 p.m.
tomorrow at the First Methodist Church, of which he was a member.
Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Johnson, who was a candidate for re-nomination
as a state representative in the May primary, served in the Indiana General
Assembly in 1947 and 1949. A life long resident of
Princeton, he was with Southern Railway 42 years and was a conductor the last
20 years. He was a member of Princeton Masonic Lodge, Shrine and Elks Lodge.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace Johnson; three
daughters, Mrs. F.A. Bollier, Oakland City, and Mrs.
Jack Jones and Mrs. Leslie Bent, both of Fort Branch, and two sons, James,
Vincennes, and George Johnson, Cincinnati, O."
Obituary – 19 Apr
1952
From "A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General
Assembly. Indianapolis: Select Committee on the Centennial History of the
Indiana General Assembly", page 218, Shepherd, Rebecca, et al. (1984):
"Johnson, Elmer Norman. HOUSE, 1947 (GIBSON), Republican. Born October 15,
1890, King Station, Gibson County, Indiana, of English ancestry. Attended
Gibson County public schools; Princeton High School. Married Ethel Gertrude
Pulliam, 1914 (6 children) - died 1946; married Grace Martin, 1948. Methodist.
Farm laborer; railroad employee, Southern Railway Company, 1912-, conductor,
ca. 1932 -. Freemason; Elks; Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Died April 17,
1952, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Q; SLQ; LD; IBS;
newspapers."