Palladium-Item newspaper, Richmond, IN
Monday 7 December 1998; Page 5, Column 1

Elmer Johnson LIBERTY, IN
Elmer Johnson, 91, 1301 S. U.S. 27, Liberty, died Sunday, December 6, 1998, at his daughter's home in Cambridge City. His death was unexpected following Saturday's party in celebration of his recent 91st birthday.
He was born in London, KY, on December 3, 1907, to John A. and Idoma Johnson Johnson and had lived in the Liberty area since 1964. He was a member of the Gordan Avenue United Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ohio, and worked as a machinist at National Automatic Tool Co, in Richmond from 1962-69.
He was a member of the McKee Masonic Lodge 144 in London, KY for more than 60 years. Survivors include a son; three daughters; two brothers, George A. Johnson of Louisville, KY and Johnie R. Johnson of Lily, KY; six sisters, Molly and Lyda "Liddie" Buttree, both of Cincinnati, Hannah Lawson of Louisville, KY, Sally Reams of Corbin, KY, Rosie Garland of Villa Ridge, MO, and Carley; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Johnson, in 1994; a son, Lonnie Herbert Johnson; a brother, Guy Mack Johnson; a sister, Maggie Allen; and a grandson in 1998.
Service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Showalter-Blackwell-Long Funeral Home, Liberty, with the Rev. Allen Payne, of Elm Grove Southern Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at College Corner Cemetery in West College Corner, Ind. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel, where a service by Liberty Lodge 58 F&AM will be at 7:30 that night.
Memorials may be made to the River of Life Southern Baptist Church.
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Charles Elmer "Charlie" or "Paddle" Johnson was a coal miner and worked in the mines in Lynch, KY. While a coal miner he was badly injured in a mine explosion, and was burned arond the face and neck. It was not disfiguring, but it was the end of working in a coal mine, he never went back.
Charlie also went to Louisville, KY during WWII in a factory Curtis-Wright Aircraft War Materials. He was also a machinist in OH, in Hamilton, OH just across the state line while he lived in College Corner, IN.

The nick name of Charlie from Charles is obvious, but how about "Paddle"? That name came from his very large feet! There is a photo of his sister Carley walking around in Paddle's shoes and they are HUGE on her.