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Obituary for CLARENCE JOHNSON
CLARENCE JOHNSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 17, 1925, TO THE LATE GEORGE JOHNSON AND LACHESTER CARR IN PORT REPUBLIC, MARYLAND. HE TRANSITIONED FROM THIS EARTHLY LIFE ON JANUARY 20, 2015, @ 5:20 A.M., AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA AT CALVERT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
CLARENCE, KNOWN TO MANY AS "BIG JIM" OR ''JIM", WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS BEING WELL DRESSED; YOU WOULDN'T SEE HIM WITHOUT A HAT OR A TOOTHPICK IN HIS MOUTH. HE ATTENDED THE CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE LATER PURSUED A CAREER AS A WOODSMAN AT WOOD'S BROTHER LUMBER FOR MANY YEARS, FOLLOWING WORKING AS A LABORER AT THE CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, NOW KNOWN AS EXELON GENERATION. AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED AS LEGALLY DEAF, SOME OF HIS PASSIONS WERE WORKING ON CARS AND HIS RABBIT HUNTING DOGS. CLARENCE WAS UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY ON MARCH 6, 1950 TO CARRIE ELIZABETH WALLACE AND FROM THIS UNION HAD THIRTEEN CHILDREN.
CLARENCE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER GEORGE JOHNSON AND MOTHER LACHESTER CARR, HIS WIFE CARRIE, HIS SISTERS ELLEN AND MRYTLE, SISTERS-IN-LAW SUSIE, RUTH. HATTIE, BLANCHE, AND THELMA, BROTHERS-IN-LAW CEPHAS, WOODROW SR., WINSCO, SONS-IN-LAW LEONARD AND FLOYD SR., ONE GRANDCHILD LEONARD JR., AND ONE GREAT-GRAND CHILD, QUAMAINE.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES, HIS CHILDREN DORIS (STEWART). GERALDINE, MARGARET, IRENE, MADELINE, CLARICE (MICHAEL SR.), CLARENCE JOHNSON JR., MELVIN (JANICE), OLIVIA (GRAILEN), LEVI, GERALD, TAMMY (KENNETH), RHODA, AND PAULETTE.
HIS GRANDCHILDREN: BARBARA, HOPE, ROSS, STEWART WEEMS JR., TYNE, PHYLLIS, MAXINE, FLOYD JR ., ANGEL, STACY, MICHELLE, YOLANDA, AMY, GARY, MAURICE, NATE, MERIDETH, MARSHA, CURTIS, CLINTON, CARLOS, MICHAEL JR., ANGELA, SAMANTHA, LANCE, ASHELY, TRAVIS, LAILA, AND LESLIE.
HIS GREAT, GREAT GRANDS, AUDRIANA, DELEIGHA, COLE, ELIJAH, KAMARI., MACHI, NEHEMIAH AND MAHARI.
ONE BROTHER, GEORGE; ONE SISTER-IN-LAW, HELEN MAE; ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW, CALVIN. HIS SPECIAL FRIENDS, ELDER WALL, DEACON LOUIS, ENOCH JOHNSON AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEW, AND FRIENDS.
