Born in Cass Co MO, died Deepwater, Henry Co MO.
Married Mary D.
Son of Pryor Madison and Sarah Jane (Vaughn) Johnson.
74Y 10M 6D
Retired Baptist Minister
JOHNSON, Wade Hampton Rev.
b: 1879, Cass Co, MO
d: 1954, Deepwater, Henry Co, MO
bur: Urich Cemetery, Bogard Twp, Henry Co, MO
arr: Wilkinson Funeral Home, Clinton, MO (Historical)
Rev. W. Johnson, Dies; Well-Known Minister, County Pastor Had Held Revivals in Twenty-Six States - The Rev. Wade Hampton Johnson, well-known Henry County minister who once trained 140 personal workers for the evangelist Billy Sunday, died Thursday at 4:30 p.m., at his home in Deepwater. Rev. Johnson would have been 75 on May 12. He had been in ill health for several years but had been bedfast only since Saturday. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:30 p. M. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Clinton. Wilkinson Funeral Home is in charge. Rev. Johnson was born in Cass County, six miles west of Creighton, the next to the youngest of nine children of Pryar and Sarah Jane Johnson Matisan. Rev. Johnson moved, at the age of four, with his family to Austin, Mo. and here he received his education in a country school but was forced to leave school long before he had reached the eighth grade and never had the opportunity to continue his formal education. He was quite a musician in his youth and at 17, joined a quartet traveling through Missouri and Kansas. He parted from this group when they arrived in Montrose and shortly after this time he married a Cass County girl, Miss Dolly Halsey. Settling in Montrose, he became a barber and followed this profession for several years. At 23 he entered the ministry, but he stated later that he had felt a call to preach ever since he was 16. Although he lacked a formal education, Rev. Johnson was a well-read man, especially in history. And he always continued to enjoy music and wrote twenty-five songs during his lifetime. He also had written a number of poems. Rev. Johnson held evangelistic meetings in twenty-eight states and trained the workers for Billy Sunday at a revival held in Colorado Springs in 1915. He received a good deal of acclaim for his evangelistic work and one pastor in Oklahoma; commented, upon hearing him: "In Evangelist Johnson I have found a man I believe to be a true Bible evangelist. He knows the Word as no other man whom it has been my privilege to hear," In 1917, Rev. Johnson conducted a 7-week-long revival on the Henry County courthouse lawn in, Clinton, leading his own singing and playing a trombone. A special tabernacle was built for the service, and 850 conversions took place. Members of the Johnson family formed an orchestra, which also furnished music at the meeting. Tributes to Mr. Johnson at this time were paid by the late H. P. Farris and the late Peyton Parks , who both termed him as "one of the best evangelistic speakers" they had had the privilege of hearing. Rev. Johnson's last meeting was held in Creighton. He and his wife, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949, have lived in Deepwater for the past seven years. Besides Mrs. Johnson, survivors include a brother, George Johnson, Independence, his oldest brother; and a nephew, George Johnson, Jr., also of Independence. Miss Bessie Marquis, who has been with the Johnsons many years and who has given them her love and devotion, also survives. Rev. Johnson's body will lie in state at the funeral home until Sunday.
(Obit copied from Henry Co. website.)
Mo. Death Cert # 8388-Henry Co MO: Informant Mary D. Johnson.
COD: Pneumonia
Married Mary D.
Son of Pryor Madison and Sarah Jane (Vaughn) Johnson.
74Y 10M 6D
Retired Baptist Minister
JOHNSON, Wade Hampton Rev.
b: 1879, Cass Co, MO
d: 1954, Deepwater, Henry Co, MO
bur: Urich Cemetery, Bogard Twp, Henry Co, MO
arr: Wilkinson Funeral Home, Clinton, MO (Historical)
Rev. W. Johnson, Dies; Well-Known Minister, County Pastor Had Held Revivals in Twenty-Six States - The Rev. Wade Hampton Johnson, well-known Henry County minister who once trained 140 personal workers for the evangelist Billy Sunday, died Thursday at 4:30 p.m., at his home in Deepwater. Rev. Johnson would have been 75 on May 12. He had been in ill health for several years but had been bedfast only since Saturday. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:30 p. M. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Clinton. Wilkinson Funeral Home is in charge. Rev. Johnson was born in Cass County, six miles west of Creighton, the next to the youngest of nine children of Pryar and Sarah Jane Johnson Matisan. Rev. Johnson moved, at the age of four, with his family to Austin, Mo. and here he received his education in a country school but was forced to leave school long before he had reached the eighth grade and never had the opportunity to continue his formal education. He was quite a musician in his youth and at 17, joined a quartet traveling through Missouri and Kansas. He parted from this group when they arrived in Montrose and shortly after this time he married a Cass County girl, Miss Dolly Halsey. Settling in Montrose, he became a barber and followed this profession for several years. At 23 he entered the ministry, but he stated later that he had felt a call to preach ever since he was 16. Although he lacked a formal education, Rev. Johnson was a well-read man, especially in history. And he always continued to enjoy music and wrote twenty-five songs during his lifetime. He also had written a number of poems. Rev. Johnson held evangelistic meetings in twenty-eight states and trained the workers for Billy Sunday at a revival held in Colorado Springs in 1915. He received a good deal of acclaim for his evangelistic work and one pastor in Oklahoma; commented, upon hearing him: "In Evangelist Johnson I have found a man I believe to be a true Bible evangelist. He knows the Word as no other man whom it has been my privilege to hear," In 1917, Rev. Johnson conducted a 7-week-long revival on the Henry County courthouse lawn in, Clinton, leading his own singing and playing a trombone. A special tabernacle was built for the service, and 850 conversions took place. Members of the Johnson family formed an orchestra, which also furnished music at the meeting. Tributes to Mr. Johnson at this time were paid by the late H. P. Farris and the late Peyton Parks , who both termed him as "one of the best evangelistic speakers" they had had the privilege of hearing. Rev. Johnson's last meeting was held in Creighton. He and his wife, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949, have lived in Deepwater for the past seven years. Besides Mrs. Johnson, survivors include a brother, George Johnson, Independence, his oldest brother; and a nephew, George Johnson, Jr., also of Independence. Miss Bessie Marquis, who has been with the Johnsons many years and who has given them her love and devotion, also survives. Rev. Johnson's body will lie in state at the funeral home until Sunday.
(Obit copied from Henry Co. website.)
Mo. Death Cert # 8388-Henry Co MO: Informant Mary D. Johnson.
COD: Pneumonia
Born in Cass Co MO, died Deepwater, Henry Co MO.
Married Mary D.
Son of Pryor Madison and Sarah Jane (Vaughn) Johnson.
74Y 10M 6D
Retired Baptist Minister
JOHNSON, Wade Hampton Rev.
b: 1879, Cass Co, MO
d: 1954, Deepwater, Henry Co, MO
bur: Urich Cemetery, Bogard Twp, Henry Co, MO
arr: Wilkinson Funeral Home, Clinton, MO (Historical)
Rev. W. Johnson, Dies; Well-Known Minister, County Pastor Had Held Revivals in Twenty-Six States - The Rev. Wade Hampton Johnson, well-known Henry County minister who once trained 140 personal workers for the evangelist Billy Sunday, died Thursday at 4:30 p.m., at his home in Deepwater. Rev. Johnson would have been 75 on May 12. He had been in ill health for several years but had been bedfast only since Saturday. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:30 p. M. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Clinton. Wilkinson Funeral Home is in charge. Rev. Johnson was born in Cass County, six miles west of Creighton, the next to the youngest of nine children of Pryar and Sarah Jane Johnson Matisan. Rev. Johnson moved, at the age of four, with his family to Austin, Mo. and here he received his education in a country school but was forced to leave school long before he had reached the eighth grade and never had the opportunity to continue his formal education. He was quite a musician in his youth and at 17, joined a quartet traveling through Missouri and Kansas. He parted from this group when they arrived in Montrose and shortly after this time he married a Cass County girl, Miss Dolly Halsey. Settling in Montrose, he became a barber and followed this profession for several years. At 23 he entered the ministry, but he stated later that he had felt a call to preach ever since he was 16. Although he lacked a formal education, Rev. Johnson was a well-read man, especially in history. And he always continued to enjoy music and wrote twenty-five songs during his lifetime. He also had written a number of poems. Rev. Johnson held evangelistic meetings in twenty-eight states and trained the workers for Billy Sunday at a revival held in Colorado Springs in 1915. He received a good deal of acclaim for his evangelistic work and one pastor in Oklahoma; commented, upon hearing him: "In Evangelist Johnson I have found a man I believe to be a true Bible evangelist. He knows the Word as no other man whom it has been my privilege to hear," In 1917, Rev. Johnson conducted a 7-week-long revival on the Henry County courthouse lawn in, Clinton, leading his own singing and playing a trombone. A special tabernacle was built for the service, and 850 conversions took place. Members of the Johnson family formed an orchestra, which also furnished music at the meeting. Tributes to Mr. Johnson at this time were paid by the late H. P. Farris and the late Peyton Parks , who both termed him as "one of the best evangelistic speakers" they had had the privilege of hearing. Rev. Johnson's last meeting was held in Creighton. He and his wife, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949, have lived in Deepwater for the past seven years. Besides Mrs. Johnson, survivors include a brother, George Johnson, Independence, his oldest brother; and a nephew, George Johnson, Jr., also of Independence. Miss Bessie Marquis, who has been with the Johnsons many years and who has given them her love and devotion, also survives. Rev. Johnson's body will lie in state at the funeral home until Sunday.
(Obit copied from Henry Co. website.)
Mo. Death Cert # 8388-Henry Co MO: Informant Mary D. Johnson.
COD: Pneumonia
Married Mary D.
Son of Pryor Madison and Sarah Jane (Vaughn) Johnson.
74Y 10M 6D
Retired Baptist Minister
JOHNSON, Wade Hampton Rev.
b: 1879, Cass Co, MO
d: 1954, Deepwater, Henry Co, MO
bur: Urich Cemetery, Bogard Twp, Henry Co, MO
arr: Wilkinson Funeral Home, Clinton, MO (Historical)
Rev. W. Johnson, Dies; Well-Known Minister, County Pastor Had Held Revivals in Twenty-Six States - The Rev. Wade Hampton Johnson, well-known Henry County minister who once trained 140 personal workers for the evangelist Billy Sunday, died Thursday at 4:30 p.m., at his home in Deepwater. Rev. Johnson would have been 75 on May 12. He had been in ill health for several years but had been bedfast only since Saturday. Funeral services have been scheduled for 2:30 p. M. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Clinton. Wilkinson Funeral Home is in charge. Rev. Johnson was born in Cass County, six miles west of Creighton, the next to the youngest of nine children of Pryar and Sarah Jane Johnson Matisan. Rev. Johnson moved, at the age of four, with his family to Austin, Mo. and here he received his education in a country school but was forced to leave school long before he had reached the eighth grade and never had the opportunity to continue his formal education. He was quite a musician in his youth and at 17, joined a quartet traveling through Missouri and Kansas. He parted from this group when they arrived in Montrose and shortly after this time he married a Cass County girl, Miss Dolly Halsey. Settling in Montrose, he became a barber and followed this profession for several years. At 23 he entered the ministry, but he stated later that he had felt a call to preach ever since he was 16. Although he lacked a formal education, Rev. Johnson was a well-read man, especially in history. And he always continued to enjoy music and wrote twenty-five songs during his lifetime. He also had written a number of poems. Rev. Johnson held evangelistic meetings in twenty-eight states and trained the workers for Billy Sunday at a revival held in Colorado Springs in 1915. He received a good deal of acclaim for his evangelistic work and one pastor in Oklahoma; commented, upon hearing him: "In Evangelist Johnson I have found a man I believe to be a true Bible evangelist. He knows the Word as no other man whom it has been my privilege to hear," In 1917, Rev. Johnson conducted a 7-week-long revival on the Henry County courthouse lawn in, Clinton, leading his own singing and playing a trombone. A special tabernacle was built for the service, and 850 conversions took place. Members of the Johnson family formed an orchestra, which also furnished music at the meeting. Tributes to Mr. Johnson at this time were paid by the late H. P. Farris and the late Peyton Parks , who both termed him as "one of the best evangelistic speakers" they had had the privilege of hearing. Rev. Johnson's last meeting was held in Creighton. He and his wife, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1949, have lived in Deepwater for the past seven years. Besides Mrs. Johnson, survivors include a brother, George Johnson, Independence, his oldest brother; and a nephew, George Johnson, Jr., also of Independence. Miss Bessie Marquis, who has been with the Johnsons many years and who has given them her love and devotion, also survives. Rev. Johnson's body will lie in state at the funeral home until Sunday.
(Obit copied from Henry Co. website.)
Mo. Death Cert # 8388-Henry Co MO: Informant Mary D. Johnson.
COD: Pneumonia
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