Edgar Marvin Johnson Sr., age 89, of Rose Hill, died on August 17, 2016 at his residence.
He was the founder of House of Raeford Farms.
He was the founder of House of Raeford Farms.
He was born on September 4, 1926 in Duplin County to the late Nash Johnson and Mary Susan Cowan Johnson. He is preceded in death by his wife, Grace Powell Johnson; his brother, Bizzell David Johnson; his sister, Mary Johnson Norman; his son, Edgar Marvin Johnson Jr.; and two grandchildren, Edgar William Johnson and James Bailey Johnson.
He served in the Merchant Marines from 1944-1946. He enjoyed music, dancing and playing golf.
He is survived by his children, Diane Johnson Beasley and husband Dennis Neal Beasley, Robert Cowan Johnson and wife Luanne Reynolds Johnson and Maryanna Johnson; his grandchildren, Lon Jackson Beasley, Natalie Beasley Brantley, Mary Susan Beasley, Robert Cowan Johnson II, Nash Julian Johnson, Carol Luanne Reynolds Johnson, James Johnson Carr, Barbara Grace Carr, Curtis Ruddle Carr, Anna Carr Leonard, Suzi Lambertson Peak and Gray Canty Melvin; great-grandchildren, Lon Jackson Beasley II, Brooks McDonald Beasley, Grace Carroll Brantley, Tucker Stone Brantley, ViviAnn Thomas Johnson, Willa Grace Johnson, Robert Cowan Johnson III, Allie Parrish Johnson, Brianna Marie Carr, Lailyn Faith Carr, Hannah Grace Carr, James Johnson Carr II, Charis Elizabeth Carr, and Robert Lawrence Leonard IV; and his sisters, Geraldine Johnson Cashwell and Joy Johnson Davis.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 18 from 6-9 p.m. at Rose Hill United Methodist Church. The funeral will be held on Friday, August 19 at 11 a.m. at Rose Hill United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Reginald Ponder. Burial will be at Rockfish Memorial Cemetery in Wallace. Casket bearers will be his grandsons, Lon Jackson Beasley, Robert Cowan Johnson II, Nash Julian Johnson, James Johnson Carr, Curtis Ruddle Carr and Gray Canty Melvin. Honorary casket bearers will be Leon Wells, Wendell Holmes Murphy Jr., William (Bill) Prestage and Adrian Mejia.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to Rose Hill United Methodist Church, 314 East Church Street, PO Box 177 Rose Hill, NC 28458 or House of Raeford Farms Non-profit FLOCK, PO Box 699, Rose Hill, NC 28458.