 1919 - 2012 (92 years)
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| Name |
JOHNSON Katherine J. |
| Birth |
12 Dec 1919 |
Dendron, Surry County VA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
25 Feb 2012 [1] |
- Katherine J. FOX
NEWPORT NEWS - Katherine J. Fox, 92, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
She was born on Dec. 12, 1919, at Marl Spring Farm near Dendron in Surry County, to Sidney Thomas Johnson and Ruth Ella Rogers. She graduated from Dendron High School, in 1937, and moved to Newport News to live with relatives, attend business school, and work in retail. She married Erwin A. Fox Jr., there in 1941 and they were together for 58 years until his death in 2000. The last of nine children, she was a very active child and her father said that she was, "as tough as a lightwood knot."
The Foxes lived in Sussex Hilton, Wythe, North Hilton, Riverside, and Maxwell Gardens, until they moved to their dream home on Chisman's Creek, in Seaford in 1965. Summers there were memorable; filled with boats and innumerable fish and crabs. As their three boys finished school, Katherine went to work for years as a photo archivist at the Mariners' Museum. From 1995 until his death in 2000, she tirelessly cared for her husband at home during his struggles with Alzheimer's disease. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother and a best friend to many.
Tough to the last, she outlived all of her siblings and most of her friends, and she could never quite believe that she was in her 90s.
She is survived by her sons, William A. Fox and his wife, Mary of Williamsburg, Stephen A. Fox of Poquoson, and Sidney J. Fox of Suffolk; six grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Amory Funeral Home in Grafton, followed by interment in Peninsula Memorial Park. A reception for family and friends will be at Zion United Methodist Church.
The family wishes to thank Mom's many friends who visited and called during the past few years. Special thanks to her caregivers at Warwick Forest and to her many new friends there. We will always remember the kind attention and love from LaShanda Walker, 'our sister,' and others from Home Helpers.
Memorials may be made to Zion United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 240, Seaford, VA 23696; or to a favorite charity
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| Burial |
28 Feb 2012 |
Newport News, VA [1] |
- Services at Amory Funeral Home, in Grafton
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| Notes |
- She was born on Dec. 12, 1919, at Marl Spring Farm near Dendron in Surry County, to Sidney Thomas Johnson and Ruth Ella Rogers. She graduated from Dendron High School, in 1937, and moved to Newport News to live with relatives, attend business school, and work in retail. She married Erwin A. Fox Jr., there in 1941 and they were together for 58 years until his death in 2000. The last of nine children, she was a very active child and her father said that she was, "as tough as a lightwood knot."
The Foxes lived in Sussex Hilton, Wythe, North Hilton, Riverside, and Maxwell Gardens, until they moved to their dream home on Chisman's Creek, in Seaford in 1965. Summers there were memorable; filled with boats and innumerable fish and crabs. As their three boys finished school, Katherine went to work for years as a photo archivist at the Mariners' Museum. From 1995 until his death in 2000, she tirelessly cared for her husband at home during his struggles with Alzheimer's disease. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother and a best friend to many.
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From the Johnson Book:
KATHERINE GLADYS JOHNSON
Katherine was born on December 12, 1919, the last child of Sidney and Ruth Johnson. She and her sister, Edna, seemed like twins and sometimes got into trouble pulling up plants and wading in the hog wallow. Katherine was something of a tomboy, always climbing trees and barns, and she was so tough that her father called her a "lightwood knot." She graduated from Dendron High School in 1938 and moved to Newport News to live with her mother's sister, Grace. She worked at Woolworth's and attended business college at night, then took a secretarial job at the shipyard. She met Erwin Adler Fox, Jr., and they were married on August 30,
Their first son, William Adler (1943) was born while Erwin was at sea with the United States Merchant Marine and they had two more sons, Stephen Allen (1946) and Sidney Jay (1950). After the boys were grown, Katherine went back to work as a photo researcher at the Mariner's Museum. Katherine and Erwin now enjoy life at their waterfront home in Seaford which is frequently visited by children and grandchildren. [2]
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| Person ID |
I11471 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
JOHNSON Sidney Thomas, b. 20 Jan 1868 d. 4 Sep 1942, Claremont, Surry County, VA (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
ROGERS Ruth Ella, b. 11 Nov 1893 d. 31 Mar 1941 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1911 [2, 3] |
- Some difficult years followed with Sidney left alone with six children ranging in age from 3 to 16 years. Almost two years later he was married to Ruth ELla Rogers, but 18 years old. Her father was William Thomas Rogers and was related to Sidney's mother, who called him "Cousin Tommy." Sidney and Ruth had three children between 1912 and 1919, and by the time these were growing up the others had married and moved away.
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| Family ID |
F2224 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S334] Obituary (Reliability: 3).
- [S1191] William Adler Fox and Bertha Johnson Bartlett, Some Johnsons of Surry by William Adler Fox, (Copied and reprinted by verbal permission to Gene C. Harris by the author 7/13/2013 :
William A. Fox, December 1978) (Reliability: 3).
- [S193] Tombstone (Reliability: 3).
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