Oren Wilson "Bill" Johnson^[1]

1916 - 1998  (81 years)

• Name	Oren Wilson "Bill" Johnson
  Nickname	Bill
  Born	10 Oct 1916	Greene County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Oct 1998	Manchester, Tennessee   [2]
  Buried	Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Manchester, Tennessee
  Person ID	I100327	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Leslie Hiram Johnson,   b. 10 Jan 1879, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Nov 1957  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Augusta Cooter,   b. 2 May 1887,   d. 3 Nov 1932, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F69057	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Eddith Emma Smith,   b. 11 Apr 1926  (Age 98 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1948	Parrottsville, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Oren Paul "Butch" Johnson,   b. 22 Aug 1951, Camp Gordon, Georgia  (Age 72 years)   2. Alan Lynn Johnson,   b. 24 Apr 1957, Fort Knox, Kentucky  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F36351	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Oct 1916 - Greene County, Tennessee Married - 12 Nov 1948 - Parrottsville, Tennessee Died - 6 Oct 1998 - Manchester, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 148, 245. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Oct 1998. Oren Wilson (Bill) Johnson, former Parrottsville postmaster, died early Tuesday morning, October 6th, at his home, 447 Belmont Road, Manchester, following a long illness. Born October 10, 1916, in Greene County, Mr. Johnson was a son of Leslie Hiram Johnson and Augusta Cooter Johnson. After completing his schooling, he enlisted in the United States Army where he spent 29 1/2 years. He participated in the invasions of both Africa and Sicily and also landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Four days later he was wounded at St.Lo, France. After the war, he was stationed for two years in Occupied Japan. On November 12, 1948, he was married to Eddith Emma Smith of Parrottsville. They have two sons—Oren Paul and Alan Lynn Johnson. Following Mr. Johnson’s retirement from the military in 1964 they returned to make their home in Parrottsville. In 1968, Mr. Johnson was appointed postmaster there, serving until 1986. In 1989 the Johnsons moved to Manchester. Surviving are Mrs. Johnson; children, Oren and Karen Johnson, Atlanta, Georgia, and Alan and Cindy Johnson, Manchester; grandson, Eliot David Johnson, Atlanta, Georgia; and brothers, L.H. Johnson, Greeneville, and Thomas Lee Johnson, Bluff City. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 8th, at 1 p.m., at Coffee County Funeral Home with interment in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Manchester. Coffee County Funeral Home, Manchester, is in charge.