"We Have Deep Roots"
Hello
Family,
I hope that you are all doing great. I am Tracey Dornita Johnson and
I live in Philadelphia, PA. I am the youngest daughter of the late Stanfod
Preston Johnson who was the youngest son of the late Andrew Johnson, who was the
son of the late Lee Grant Johnson and Martha Myrick.
I 'm very honored to be a part of this family and am willing to share any
expertise from my personal and professional experiences with all of you.
Apparently, we have deep roots of our own and our own story to tell.
Lovingly submitted by Tracey D. Johnson, Philadelphia,
PA
He placed a street on his property in order to have access to all of his homes. The city of Chipley paved this street a few years ago and named it 10th street.
Last year the city renamed this street after our family patriarch. It is now
called Lester Rhynes Avenue.
Lovingly submitted by Arrie Lee
Carthon, Chipley, Florida
More Family Has Been Found!
Thanks to the efforts of Arrie Lee Carthon, more Johnson family
members have been found.
Arrie recalled the timee her mother, Parilee Johnson-Rhynes, was in the hospital in Panama City. A lady came to the hospital saying she was Parilee's first cousin. Her name is Annie Lee Johnson. she is the daughter of the late Walter Johnson. Walter and Lee Johnson were brothers.
After several phone calls and trips to Panama City, Arie was able to locate Annie Lee after all of these years.
Annie is alive and well living in Panama City, Florida. She has a son named Jerry McCoy, who lives in Panama City and a daughter named Faye Johnson who lives in New York.
It takes a lot of persistence and patience to find long lost family members. Congratulations and thank you to Arrie for finding the Panama City connection.
A special welcome to our newly found cousins. We are so happy to have you back with the family.
Contact
For
questions or comments about contributing to the newsletter or questions about
the reunion, please feel free to contact:
Jeannine Fisher
108
Deerfield Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Tysgrl@aol.com
"When the root is strong, the fruit is sweet."~ Bob Marley~
Our Newsletter Online
As you
all remember from the last issue of the Johnson-Myrick Informer, there
was an internet version of our newsletter available to us. Well, I am pleased to
announce that many people have found our site and are very impressed with it's
content. On this site there is not only the current version of this newsletter,
but there is a page of web links for others who are doing genealogical research
of their families, a photo gallery of old family photos, a link to newspaper
articles of family members in the news and a partial listing of our family tree.
There is an international genealogical group, called Afrigenas, whose main focus is on African-American and Native American genealogy who thought so highly of our site that they've added a link to our page on their site. In addition, our site is linked to a Johnson page that lists all Johnson web sites. Also, there is a Jackson County Florida web page, connected to the international genealogy project called the GenWeb Project, who has linked to our site as well. There are many others who have found information on our site interesting and informative enough to add our link to their page.
That is a very high honor, we all should be very proud of our family history.
Added Notes
Five Generations of Beauty
By Tracey D. Johnson
Before you can even begin to think you'll look good by placing Bobbi Brown
make-up on your face, Brooks Brothers tailored suits on your body, or Gucci
shoes on your feet, if you don't feel good inside the outside just won't matter.
My beauty tips will start from the inside out.
Tiffany Watkins-Tiffany graduated from
Chipley High School in May 1999. She plans to go to college in Florida, but
hasn't decided if she wants to be a history teacher or social worker. Tiffany is
the great granddaughter of the late Parilee Johnson Rhynes and the great great
granddaughter of the late Lee Johnson and Josephine Miller.
Tiffany Fisher- Tiffany just entered the sixth grade at Linton
Middle School in Pittsburgh, PA. She has been chosen, by the coaches of the
ninth grade football team, as their new manager. That is quit an honor for a
young lady just entering middle school. Tiffany is the great granddaughter of
the late Bessie JOhnson Moore and the great great granddaughter of the late Lee
and Martha Johnson.
Tracey Johnson-Tracey
auditioned and was selected as a model for the 23rd Annual Congressional Black
Caucus & Spouses Convention in Washington DC. The gala event took place
September 17 & 18 1999. The proceeds went to raise money for college
scholarships. Tracey was one of 35 models out of over 100 who auditioned. Tracey
is the granddaughter of the late Andrew and Juanita Johnson and the great
granddaughter of the late Lee and Martha Johnson.
If you have any interesting news you'd like to share with the family, please submit it before December 15th, the deadline for the next newsletter.
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