Linwood Johnson

Four Oaks, NC:  Mr. Linwood Gray Johnson, age 80, of 2417 Elevation Road died Saturday at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Thursday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson.  Officiating will be Elder Tony Parker.  Entombment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery, Benson.                    Mr. Johnson was born July 31, 1936 in Johnston County to the late Aaron T. and Julia Thurlene West Johnson. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Danny Johnson, PFC.  Mr. Johnson was the owner and operator of Quality Business Machines.  He served in the U. S. Marines and was a member of Four Oaks Primitive Baptist Church.              Surviving are wife of 58 years, Mavis McGee Johnson; daughter and son-in-law, Dawn Denise & Richard Medeiros of New Braunfels, TX; son and daughter-in-law, Phillip Lynn & Pauline Johnson of Four Oaks; 3 grandchildren; 3 step grandchildren; sister, Sue Stephenson of Four Oaks; brothers, Gerald Johnson of Emerald Isle and Ronnie Johnson of Benson; and several nieces and nephews.                 The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Wednesday.                 In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Four Oaks Primitive Baptist Church, 1050 US 701 South, Four Oaks, NC  27524 or to SECU Hospice House, P. O. Box 1376, Smithfield, NC  27577.