The Meade County Messenger

RICHARD M. JOHNSON SR.

Richard M. Johnson, Sr., 82, died Sept. 28, 2010, at Hardin Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 9, 1927, in Hardin County to the late Rufus Marvin and Judith Dingus Johnson.

He retired from the job he loved working for the L&N Railroad, in 1988, where he was a switchman/brakeman. He was also a member of St. Mary Magdalen Church in Payneville.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Mills Johnson; two sons, Roger Dale Johnson and Bill Joe Johnson; a brother, William Johnson; three sisters, Ruth Bradley, Ola Bryant and Marie Richardson; and a grandson, Robert Simpson.

Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Norma Johnson, Battletown; six daughters, Lois Pierce, Patricia (Gary) McPherson, Roni Johnson, Gail Speed, all of Louisville, Kaye Milby and Jeri (Kevin) Bates, both of Battletown; three sons, Richard (Anna) Johnson Jr., Knifley, David (Carla) Johnson, Brandenburg, and Larry (Charlene) Johnson, Louisville; two sisters, Doris Smallwood, Rineyville, and Jane Priddy, Elizabethtown; 19 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Oct. 2, from the chapel of Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home. Burial was in St. Michaels Cemetery in Louisville.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the James Graham Brown Cancer Center.

Condolences may be left online at www.bjsfunerals.com.

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