Burford Ancestors - Generation 4 - Hazel Amy Burford

 HAZEL AMY BURFORD was born 21 January 1892 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois

Hazel was the daughter of Alexander Oscar Burford, Jr. and his first wife Helen Virginia Lockard.

Hazel Burford married Clarence David Johnson 22 September 1913 in Arkansas, son of George Washington Johnson and Annie B. Johnson. He was born 27 July 1889, and died 19 April 1967 in Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas. 

 

I don't have a picture of Clarence (Well, I might have -- I have a bunch of Burford pictures of people I can't identify. Clarence might be one of them.)

CHILDREN of HAZEL BURFORD and CLARENCE JOHNSON are:  

i. Evelyn Irene Johnson, born 15 July 1914, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas; died 12 August 1914, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas.

ii. Howard David Johnson, born 05 March 1919, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas; died 18 October 1995, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas.

PHOTO: Howard (left) and Gareth 

iii. Gareth B. Johnson, born 01 October 1922, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas; died 02 January 1982, Arkansas.

PHOTO: Gareth and Howard

NOTES:

[All information about Clarence and Hazel (Burford) Johnson was provided by Lois June Baird Johnson, widow of Howard Johnson.] 

-- Hazel was a school teacher. She had either retired from teaching or just stopped teaching. When World War II started, she was asked to return to teaching and she did.

-- When June and Howard were dating, he would get her mother and take her over to visit his mother. Hazel told June's mother that "Garreth was the youngest, but Howard is my baby."  

-- Hazel was walking down the dirt road carrying Howard. Somehow a little branch hit Howard's head. Hazel didn't say anything because she thought that if she didn't, Howard might not be upset and cry about it. In a little bit, Howard said, "B'ess his heart." 

-- Clarence went to school and learned telegraphy. When he finished, they sent him somewhere out west and he was so lonely that he came back and started working as a bar tender. Then later he worked for the Highway Department. 

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Hazel Burford died 26 February 1967, age 75, in Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas

Clarence Johnson died 19 April 1967, age 76. Cause of Death: Automobile accident. Clarence was in an accident with a florist van. He was taken to the hospital in Wynne, Arkansas and died there.

Hazel and Clarence are buried in Johnson Cemetery, Fair Oaks, Cross County, Arkansas.