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Dovie Lee Johnson 1919–1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 June 1919

Birth Location: Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America

Death Date: 18 September 1998

Death Location: Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America

Father: William Johnson

Mother: Charlotte Bailey

Spouse(s): Leon Matthews

Children(s): Wanda Mathews, Jimmie Matthews

Dovie Lee Johnson was born in 1919 in Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America, the child of William Alvin Johnson And Charlotte Alfare Lottie Bailey. Dovie Lee Johnson married Leon Matthews, and had children including Jimmie Matthews, Wanda Lee Mathews. Dovie Lee Johnson passed away in 1998 in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Dovie Lee Johnson was born in 1919 in Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America, the child of William Alvin Johnson And Charlotte Alfare Lottie Bailey.
  • Dovie Lee Johnson married Leon Matthews, and had children including Jimmie Matthews, Wanda Lee Mathews.
  • Dovie Lee Johnson passed away in 1998 in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America.

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Dovie Johnson's Ancestors

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Dovie Johnson
1919–1998
Birth Place: Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America
Parents
William Alvin Johnson
1876–1936
Alabama
Charlotte (Alfare (Lottie)) Bailey
1880–1949
Fayette, Alabama, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin (Franklin) Johnson
1853–1911
Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America
Frances (Martheldria (DNA)) Whitley
1857–1944
Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America
James (E.) Bailey
1854–1923
Coosa County, Alabama, USA
Hannah (C) Brazil
1859–1943
Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Jourdan Johnson
1823–
Priscilla Yawn
1821–1896
Allen Whitley
1820–1880
Mary Jenkins
1818–1888
Isaac Bailey
1812–1901
Nancy Butler
1818–1900
George Sr
1815–1899
Nancy Berry
1825–1906
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Johnson
1788–1834
Nicholas Yaun
1787–1850
Christina (Yawn\Yaun)
1787–1849
Lewis Sr.
1786–1863
Mary Sanders
1786–1855
Samuel Bailey
1775–1843
Jinnett Lewis
1800–1881
William Braswell
1801–1853
Lucretia Tillman
1802–
William Sr.
1803–1881
Sarah Nelson
1805–1883

Dovie Johnson's Descendants

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Dovie (Lee) Johnson (12 June 1919–18 September 1998) m. Leon Matthews (29 November 1917–4 April 1984)
  1. 1. Wanda (Lee) Mathews 1941–2021 m. Samuel (Lloyd) Hamilton 1936–1991
  2. 2. Jimmie Matthews 1938–2010

Dovie Johnson's Timeline

2 Records

1919
12 June 1919
Birth of Dovie Lee Johnson in Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America
Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America
1998
18 September 1998
Age 79
Death of Dovie Lee Johnson in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 June 1919
    Event Place: Fayette County, Alabama, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 September 1998
    Event Place: Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America

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