JOSEPH SPENCER, JR. "JOE" & JANICE ELAINE (TAYLOR) JOHNSON

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Joseph Spencer Johnson, Jr.- Served in Vietnam

 

Joseph Spencer Johnson, Jr. was the son of Joseph Spencer, Sr. & Susan Claire Thompson Johnson.  He was born August 31, 1948 and died January 10, 1990. He married Janice Elaine Taylor, the daughter of James A. and Dee Taylor of California, Md.  She was born on July 10, 1950 in Oak Harbor, Washington.  Joseph is buried in St. Joseph's RCC Cemetery.

His tombstone lists service with the United States Army in Vietnam.  According to Ms. Cryer he died of cancer thought to have been caused by exposure to Agent Orange in Viet Nam.  He was a member of the Mechanicsville Optimist Club and was in the first graduating class of Chapticon High School. Pallbears were Jimmy Johnson, Billy Johnson, Gary Taylor, Jimmy Taylor, Francis Wathen and Billy Norris.

Children were:

Angela Dee b. Aug 3, 1973
Susan Claire b. Feb. 4, 1976