Person:Dorothy Johnston (1)

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Dorothy Fay Johnston
b.14 Mar 1919 Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, United States
d.5 Jul 1919 Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Willie B. Johnston1906 - 1994
  2. Bessie Tribble Johnston1909 - 1989
  3. Gordon Thomas Johnston1912 - 1976
  4. Martha Virginia Johnston1916 - 1979
  5. Dorothy Fay Johnston1919 - 1919
  6. Beulah Mae Johnston1920 - 1995
  7. James B. Johnston1927 - 1980
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Dorothy Fay Johnston
Alt Name Darla Fay Johnston
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 14 Mar 1919 Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, United States
Death[1] 5 Jul 1919 Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, United States
Burial[1] 7 Jul 1919 Bennett Gardens, Laurel Oaks Memorial Park, Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States

Below is a letter that was written by Bessie Johnston, Dorothy's mother, to her younger brother Ernest Tucker serving in World War I.

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Rockwall, Texas July 14, 1918

Dear Brother-

I will try to write you a few lines. We have bad luck. Our sweet little baby Dartha Fay was taken away the 5th to rest in the better land where there will be no more sickness. She had whooping cough and taken pneumonia and she taken worse at five o'clock and died 4:30 that evening. It is awful hard to give her up. But we have to. I know she is at rest, but there is a vacant place that cant' be filled. She was such a sweet pretty baby. She would have been 4 months old today if she would have lived. We buried her out at the Bennett graveyard.

Well the rest is very well. Jase has the toothache this evening. I have the headache some.

Well we are having some pretty weather, but it is hot here. How is it where you are? I guess it is hot enough to roast a goose isn't it?

We went out to Minnie's Thursday evening. The men thrashed grain over in that country, so Jase helped with the thrashing. We came home Saturday evening.

This month started in with bad luck, I think there has been 3 deaths, and one man to go crazy since the 3rd of the month.

Well Earnest, I wish I could see you. Glennie has been to see me. Rosa is at Minnie's now.

Well, I don't know much news to write so I will close for this time.

From your bereaved sister.

Bessie Johnston

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Death Certificate - Dorothy Fay Johnston
    Death Certificate - Dorothy Fay Johnston.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bureau of Vital Statistics - Rockwall co., Texas. Birth Certificate - Dorothy Johnston. (Texas Department of Health)
    Birth Certificate - Dorothy Johnston.
  3.   Dorothy Fay "Dartha" Johnston, in Find A Grave
    67756648.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67756648

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