William T. Johnson at the Patron's Luncheon

Last Thursday, since I had been invited to the Patron's Luncheon for the purpose of meeting the recipient of my scholarship fund, Patty drove the two of us over to Clinton, SC. We went to the Administration building to freshen up & met Harry Workman. Harry rode with us to the President's house where the luncheon was being held. While we waited for lunch, Katie introduced herself to me (she already knew Patty from her work at the library). I knew a few people there, including John Griffith, the president; Harry Workman, the college representative; and a few others. After a lunch of fruit and salad, John had some remarks and introduced two prominent students who had received aid and were going on to bigger and better things. Harry went to get the car and we left, visiting the building bearing mine and Louise's names and touring Clinton a little bit before our drive home. A very pleasant day.

William T. Johnson's Aunts and Uncles

During the '30s and early '40s my memories of Christmas Day always include a reunion of the extended W.T. Johnson family, always at the home of Mamie Smith Johnson with dinner at Hotel Johnson across the alley. This is one of many pictures taken on Dec 25, 1941, across E. Robert Toombs Ave. from the Johnson house. The picture shows Mrs. Johnson ("Mama" to me) with eight of her nine children in front of the Green-Pignatel house (about where Fievet's Pharmacy is located today). Shown are: L to R, Front row: Christine "Tina" Johnson Sims, Louise Johnson Norman, Mama, Rhetta Johnson Gresham, and Aileen Johnson Reynolds; back row: William Lloyd Johnson, Raymond Rochford Johnson, Hillyer Harris Johnson, and William Theophilus Johnson, Jr."Buck" [my father]. The youngest daughter, Frances Johnson Daniel, was not present.

William T. Johnson's Wedding Picture

This is the only picture I have of my wedding Saturday, November 20, 1954, at Rock United Methodist Church, Rayle, Georgia. The people in the picture are certainly some of my favorites, but I'm the last survivor. Those shown, from left to right, are William Turner Callaway, my father-in-law; Lollie Milligan Callaway, my mother-in-law; William Theophilus Johnson, III, that's me; Louise Milligan Callaway, my bride; Mildred Reeves Johnson, my mother; William Theophilus Johnson, Jr., my father.