Ernest L. JOHNSON

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[Pedigree #4949.FTW]

[Broderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #4949, Date of Import: Sep 11, 1998]

Ernest L. Johnson, 59, died at his home here about 5:30 Monday morning,
February 24, following a second paralytic stroke which come about 10
o'clock Sunday night.  Fourteen months ago he was first stricken by
paralysis.  After being confined to his bed for many weeks he improved
sufficiently to be up and around the house and later took short walks.
The attack Sunday night came suddenly and in a short time he became
unconscious remaining so until the end.  A number of years ago he was
engaged in the mercantile business which he gave up to become the pioneer
in the automobile business in Morgan county.  This was about 1906.  His
first workshop and garage was located in a building near his home in what
had been a stable and carriage shed.  He was the first automobile dealer
of the county, handling the Maxwell.  Later he took the Overland agency.
He, with his brother, Vernon E. Johnson, owned the first automobile in
Berkeley Springs, a Cadillac.  When the business began to expand, as the
automobile grew in popularity, he built and managed a garage in what is
now the Berkeley Theatre.  After several years he leased the building to
other parties and later converted it into a theatre.  He was a son of the
late John Will Johnson and Eliza Bechtol.  His widow, formerly Miss
Janetta Slayman of Pennsylvania; two sons, Attorney L. E. Johnson, of
Fairmont; J. William Johnson, assistant cashier, Citizens National Bank;
a brother, Vernon E. Johnson, and three grandchildren survive.  Funeral
services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev.
Frank R. Isaac, of Baltimore, a former pastor and Rev. Robert H.
Bartlett, pastor of the Methodist Church, of which he deceased had been a
lifelong member and for many years treasurer, officiating.  Interment was
in Greenway Cemetery.  Bearers were, J. Milton Johnson, O. E. Widmyer, W.
Jack Hunter, Dr. J S. Coughlan, G. D. Rice and H. D. Beeler.  Those other
than members of the immediate family, from out of town to attend the
funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. William Richards, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Ellefritz and daughter, Strasburg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Lon Risley,
Hancock, Md.; Mrs. Katle Rymer and Mrs. Joseph Boone, Arlington, Va.;
Hiram Karns, Washington, D.C.; Philip Johnson, Morgantown; Dr. and Mrs.
S. R. Wells, Hagerstown, Md.; Ward Lanham and Lynn Hall, Fairmont; Miss
Thelma DeBerry, Romney; and Lacey I. Rice, Martinsburg.
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[Pedigree #4949.FTW]

[Broderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #4949, Date of Import: Sep 11, 1998]

Ernest L. Johnson, 59, died at his home here about 5:30 Monday morning,
February 24, following a second paralytic stroke which come about 10
o'clock Sunday night.  Fourteen months ago he was first stricken by
paralysis.  After being confined to his bed for many weeks he improved
sufficiently to be up and around the house and later took short walks.
The attack Sunday night came suddenly and in a short time he became
unconscious remaining so until the end.  A number of years ago he was
engaged in the mercantile business which he gave up to become the pioneer
in the automobile business in Morgan county.  This was about 1906.  His
first workshop and garage was located in a building near his home in what
had been a stable and carriage shed.  He was the first automobile dealer
of the county, handling the Maxwell.  Later he took the Overland agency.
He, with his brother, Vernon E. Johnson, owned the first automobile in
Berkeley Springs, a Cadillac.  When the business began to expand, as the
automobile grew in popularity, he built and managed a garage in what is
now the Berkeley Theatre.  After several years he leased the building to
other parties and later converted it into a theatre.  He was a son of the
late John Will Johnson and Eliza Bechtol.  His widow, formerly Miss
Janetta Slayman of Pennsylvania; two sons, Attorney L. E. Johnson, of
Fairmont; J. William Johnson, assistant cashier, Citizens National Bank;
a brother, Vernon E. Johnson, and three grandchildren survive.  Funeral
services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev.
Frank R. Isaac, of Baltimore, a former pastor and Rev. Robert H.
Bartlett, pastor of the Methodist Church, of which he deceased had been a
lifelong member and for many years treasurer, officiating.  Interment was
in Greenway Cemetery.  Bearers were, J. Milton Johnson, O. E. Widmyer, W.
Jack Hunter, Dr. J S. Coughlan, G. D. Rice and H. D. Beeler.  Those other
than members of the immediate family, from out of town to attend the
funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. William Richards, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Ellefritz and daughter, Strasburg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Lon Risley,
Hancock, Md.; Mrs. Katle Rymer and Mrs. Joseph Boone, Arlington, Va.;
Hiram Karns, Washington, D.C.; Philip Johnson, Morgantown; Dr. and Mrs.
S. R. Wells, Hagerstown, Md.; Ward Lanham and Lynn Hall, Fairmont; Miss
Thelma DeBerry, Romney; and Lacey I. Rice, Martinsburg.