After graduating from Graham High School in 1911, C.W. Johnson, Jr. graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1913. He enrolled in Northwestern University at Chicago and received his law degree in 1917. C.W. Johnson, Jr. seved as Lieutenant with the 12th U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border during World War I, and later was transferred to Camp Stanley as an instructor in cavalry tactics. In February 1919, he resigned from regular army service returing to Graham to assist his father in law practice.
Mr. Johnson was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District in 1930, resigning upon entrance of the Democratic Administration. With the outbreak of World War Ii, Mr. Johnson was one of the first volunteers, serving with the military police in the San Francisco Bay area and at the port of embarkation, Los Angeles, until his discharge in 1944.
C.W. Johnson, Jr. married Donna W. Williamson in 1942 at San Franciso, California.
His father was among the young lawyers who began their legal careers in Young County, and he was the first to be admitted to the bar in Young County. This was the opening day of the first District Court after Young County's reorganizaton.
Mr. Johnson was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and was a Shriner.
Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mrs. Don Banin; two step-sons - Bill Wellman and Eugene Wellman; one grandson - Michael Dean Askew; one sister - Mrs. Adele Gay; two nieces - Mrs. Floy Hinson, Jr. and Mrs. Lucille Slaughter; four step-grandchildren - Carol and Bob Wellman, David and Edward Wellman.
Contributed by Dorman Holub
After graduating from Graham High School in 1911, C.W. Johnson, Jr. graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1913. He enrolled in Northwestern University at Chicago and received his law degree in 1917. C.W. Johnson, Jr. seved as Lieutenant with the 12th U.S. Cavalry on the Mexican border during World War I, and later was transferred to Camp Stanley as an instructor in cavalry tactics. In February 1919, he resigned from regular army service returing to Graham to assist his father in law practice.
Mr. Johnson was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District in 1930, resigning upon entrance of the Democratic Administration. With the outbreak of World War Ii, Mr. Johnson was one of the first volunteers, serving with the military police in the San Francisco Bay area and at the port of embarkation, Los Angeles, until his discharge in 1944.
C.W. Johnson, Jr. married Donna W. Williamson in 1942 at San Franciso, California.
His father was among the young lawyers who began their legal careers in Young County, and he was the first to be admitted to the bar in Young County. This was the opening day of the first District Court after Young County's reorganizaton.
Mr. Johnson was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and was a Shriner.
Survived by his wife; one daughter - Mrs. Don Banin; two step-sons - Bill Wellman and Eugene Wellman; one grandson - Michael Dean Askew; one sister - Mrs. Adele Gay; two nieces - Mrs. Floy Hinson, Jr. and Mrs. Lucille Slaughter; four step-grandchildren - Carol and Bob Wellman, David and Edward Wellman.
Contributed by Dorman Holub
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