Espie Viola Johnson

  General Notes:

The 1930 Federal Census for Somers Township, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, District 22, page 246B, dated April 24, 1930 records Espie Johnsom (9 - NC) with her father Columbus J. Johnson (33 - NC) and his wife Sylva Johnson (20 - NC) and siblings Gradie (8) [daughter], Nola (6)[daughter], Carl (4 9/12), Berl (2 6/12) [son], Betty G. (4/12), Also in the household is brother-in-law Elbert Love (18 - NC).
Note: Dorothy Love Johnson died of Leukemia on Feb 18, 1935. She was born on Dec 10, 1904.

The 1940 Federal Census for Somers, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, District 97-25, page 417A, dated April 12, 1940 records Espie Johnsom (19 - NC) with her father Columbus J. Johnson (44 - NC) and his wife Sylva Johnson (20 - NC) and siblings Grady (18) [daughter], Nola (16)[daughter], Carl (14), Berl (12) [son], Betty G. (10), Garldhein (8) [Geraldine?], Junmie (5) [son], Dorthy (3), and Harret D. (1) [son].

The SSDI records:
Espie J. Seckler
Last Residence: 37743 Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee
Born: 15 Aug 1920
Died: 13 Jul 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (Before 1951)


Published: 07/13/2007
KINGSPORT - Espie J. Seckler, 86, of Greeneville, died Friday at her home following an extended illness.
She was born in New Castle, N.C., and had lived in Greeneville and Kingsport.
Mrs. Seckler was of the Baptist tradition of faith.
She was the widow of William D. Seckler.
Mrs. Seckler was preceded in death by two daughters: Lucy Seckler and Sandra Hawkins; two granddaughters; and three brothers.
Survivors include four daughters and their husbands: Susan and Willis Crum of Greeneville, Patty and Jeff Collins of Church Hill, Barbara Mills of Greeneville, and Meg and Billy Taylor of Mount Carmel; three sons and their wives: Jack and Joy Seckler of Greenfield, Dale and Janice Seckler of Greeneville, and Barry and Deborah Seckler of Kingsport; 27 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; three sisters; four brothers; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at Carter-Trent Funeral Home in Kingsport.
The funeral service will follow visitation at 7 o'clock in the funeral home chapel. The Rev. Donnie Gaddis and Adam Gaddis will officiate.
A graveside service will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in East Lawn Memorial Park. Friends and family will meet at 9:55 a.m. at the cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the Seckler family online at <http://www.cartertrent.com>

  Research Notes:

From The Record
Wilkes County First Worldwide Newspaper
Mr. Jimmie M. Johnson, age 73, died Tuesday, August 26
Mr. Jimmie M. Johnson, age 73, of San Francisco, CA, formerly of Wilkes County died Tuesday, August 26, 2008.
A memorial service will be held 2:00, Saturday, November 15 at Mtn. View Baptist Church in the Windy Gap Community with the Rev. Mark Rupard and the Rev. Glenn Inscore officiating.
Mr. Johnson was born in Wilkes County, November 23, 1934, to Columbus and Dorothy Love Johnson. He was a member of Mtn. View Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson worked for Pacific Bell as quality control manager and retired after 35 years of service.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by three sisters, Espie J. Seckler, Grady J. Jolly, Joan Nickolson; three brothers, Carl (Jack) Johnson, Lee Johnson, and Berl Johnson.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his step mother, Sylvia Love of Elkin; three sisters, Nola J. Nixon, Betty Withers and husband, Bill all of Greensboro, and Geraldean Frye of North Wilkesboro; three brothers, Douglas Johnson and wife, Geneva, Jesse Johnson and wife, Lavaughn, and Larry Johnson and wife, Terry all of North Wilkesboro.
Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com.

Also in The Record:
Mrs. Joan J. Nicholson, age 68, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mrs. Joan J. Nicholson, age 68, of Vashti Road, Hiddenite, widow of Rev. Bill Nicholson, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at her home.
Funeral services were held Thursday, March 3, at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with the Rev. Glenn Dancy and the Rev. Don Blevins officiating.
Private graveside services will be held in Linneys Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Nicholson was born in Wilkes County, September 7, 1936, to C. J. and Sylvia Love Johnson. She was a member of Linneys Grove Baptist Church.
Mrs. Nicholson is survived by two daughters, Pam Campbell and husband, Joey, Jan Campbell and husband, Donald all of Union Grove; one son, Don Nicholson and his wife, Pam of Hiddenite; her mother, Sylvia Love Johnson of Hiddenite; sisters, Espie Seckler, Nola Nixon, Betty Withers, Gerry Frye; brothers, Jim Johnson, Doug Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Larry Johnson; grandchildren, Travis and Julie Campbell, Bradley Nicholson, Melissa and Greg Bowman, Brett Nicholson, Mack and Cindy Campbell, Ashley Campbell and fiancé, Timmy Pennell, April and Wesley Rexrode, Sami Campbell, Brian Campbell, Chet Campbell; great-grandchildren, Tyler Campbell, Bailey Bowman, Annie Bowman, Cassidy Campbell.
memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 106, North Wilkesboro, ALS Society, 6512 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615, or to Hospice of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28625.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Espie married William Derwood Seckler, son of William Albert Seckler Jr. and Lucy Ellen Nunn, circa 1941 in Wilkes Co., NC. (William Derwood Seckler was born on 28 Jan 1922 in Union Co., North Carolina and died in Apr 1983.)