ObituariesMay 17, 2008

MOUNDS, Ill. -- James E. "Jim" Johnson, 86, of Mounds died Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 11, 1921, in Mounds, son of William Robert and Mary Etta Wright Johnson. Johnson had worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Mounds...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- James E. "Jim" Johnson, 86, of Mounds died Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Aug. 11, 1921, in Mounds, son of William Robert and Mary Etta Wright Johnson.

Johnson had worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Mounds.

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Survivors include a sister, Mildred Peeler of Anna, Ill.

He was preceded in death by a sister.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Sunday at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Tom Bridges and Buddy Walls officiating. Burial will be in American Legion Cemetery at Dongola, Ill.

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