Alva C. JOHNSON, 80 died at his home on Lower Mt. Vernon Rd. yesterday at noon. He had been ill a year.

He was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ill born 12-16-1881. He farmed land in Illinois before moving to Evansville in 1946.

He was a member of Forest Hills Pilgrim Holiness Church, and a custodian there for eight years before retiring three years ago.

He and his wife, Ethel, observed their 58th wedding anniversary last March.

Surviving besides his wife are daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Cox, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Luther Kent, Evansville; sons, W. Merlin, Neil and Carroll, all of Clearwater, Fla; sisters , Mrs. L. E. Tate, Paragould, Ark, and Miss Nelle Johnson, Montebello, Calif; and 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be a Forest Hills Church, Monday, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Alfred Case will officiate. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery., Evansville.

The Evansville Press Evansville, Ind
July 28, 1962
Submitted by Virginia R. Black
granddaughter