Jessie Amelia JOHNSON: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Jessie Amelia JOHNSON was born on 31 Aug 1924 in Lewisburg, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA (daughter of John Jackson JOHNSON and Maggie SNEED); died on 25 Sep 2004 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried in 2004 in Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, USA.

Notes:

She obtained a pilot¹s license (a rare thing then for a woman) and traveled to Seattle Wa. to help the war effort and find adventure.
She flew through the air in planes, balloons and a parachute.

Died:
She had class and style and in early September greatly enjoyed a visit to Anchorage and a 7-day Alaskan cruise. But her frail body couldn¹t keep up with her strong spirit and her body gave out on a stop in San Francisco, Ca. on her way back to the Georgia mountains.

Buried:
As they requested to be sprinkled in the ocean and 'someplace pretty,' their children put them together off the coast of Key West.

Jessie married Albert Edward BOUTIN on 24 Sep 1947 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennesse, USA. Albert (son of Albert Edward BOUTIN and Ardella Louenta THOMPSON) was born on 25 Mar 1920 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA,; died on 27 Sep 2004 in California, USA; was buried in 2004 in Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They raised 7 children

Children:

Generation: 2

2. John Jackson JOHNSON and died.
John married Maggie SNEED on Yes, date unknown. Maggie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maggie SNEED and died.

Children:

1. Jessie Amelia JOHNSON was born on 31 Aug 1924 in Lewisburg, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA; died on 25 Sep 2004 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried in 2004 in Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, USA.