Johnson - Roberta Green - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Mrs. Roberta G. Johnson died on Friday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allen Eastlack, in Crawfordsville. She had been seriously ill for several weeks with heart trouble and pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the Waveland Christian Church on Monday morning by Rev JC Burkhart of Connersville, assisted by Rev. Abram Plunkett of Crawfordsville and Rev. I.N. Grisso. The body was laid to rest in Maple Ridge Cemetery. Roberta Green North was born in Harrison County, Kentucky Nov 11, 1821. she was married to Barnett R. Johnson of Galltin County Feb 12, 1839. They removed to Waveland in October 1859. They spent the winter in a house on the site of John R. Canine's firocery and the next year in the house now belonging to Mrs. Mary Belton. Then Mr. Johnson built the house still standing which we all know as "Grandma Johnson's house." Mr. Johnson died in 1866. Five of their children are dead: Belle, John, Mrs. Sallie Harris and infant twins. Five are living: William Johnson of Waverly, Kansas, Fountain N, Mrs. Allen Eastlack of Crawfordsville, Eugene of Piqua, Ohio and Charles H. William and Mrs. Eastlack were prevented from being present at the funeral by sickness.

The pall bearers were John, Theodore and Dr. T.B. Johnson and Fountain Eastlack - grandsons, Harmann Schweitzer, a grandson in law, and Herbert Eastlack, a great grandson. Among those present from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Johnson of Piqua, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Schweitzer and Mrs. William Wiley of Terre Haute, S.S. Harris of Rockville, Allen, Fount and Frank Eastlack, George and Theodore Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMains, Charles McCullough, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, D.C. Barnhill, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. James Alfrey of Crawfordsville; Dr. T.B. Johnson of Jamestown.

Mrs. Johnson joined the Christian Church at Warsaw, Kentucky in 1854. In her girlhood she knew many of the pioneer preachers of the reform movement. She was one of the charter members of the Waveland Church, and remained on its roll to the day of her death. With her, Christianity was not a profession, but a life. She was ever ready to do any service for Christ, giving freely of her time and means. She taught in the Sunday School until she was 80 and only gave it up on account of difficulty hearing. She had a remarkable gift of prayer and in her last conscious hours, she constantly offered petitions for the Church of Waveland and its members. Life brought her her share of trials and sorrows, but she always bore them with cheerfulness. She was devoted to her children and they have repaid her in a measure by great affection. But her sympathies were bounded by no lines of blood. She had a kind word an tender thought for all the young, especially her heart went out for it never grew old, and her voice never lost the soft cadence that was like a benediction. After her children were grown up and married, she continued to live in her little house, for she loved her home and could not bear to give it up. About two years ago, however, infirmity made it advisable to make her home with Mrs. Eastlack. Although she exceeded the allotted term by nearly another score, her general health was good and life was made pleasant by the company and love of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and many friends. She was the friend of everybody and everybody was the friend of Grandma Johnson. The crowded house at her funeral and the many tears were eloquent of the esteem in which she was held. The close of a long and useful life found he ready and willing for the life beyond. In words which she often quoted, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course; I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. And how like her thec concluding clause, "And not to me only." -- kbz