Nettie Johnson
Nettie Johnson Edmond (January 15, 1898 – October 30, 1989) was born January 15, 1898 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to Benjamin Sr. and Mary Jane Johnson. She met and married Henry Edmond who was born in Tarboro, NC and to this union five children were born. They were Morris Rematha, Morris (Cat), Nathaniel (Butler), Forest (Pig) and Ladella Edmond. Nettie and Henry lived on a farm called “California” on Leggett Road.
Nettie and her husband Henry separated when their children were small. Henry remarried and had children by his second wife. Nettie never remarried, but she had one son Eugene (Tube) by Ed Williams.
Nettie and her children worked on Bullock and Claude Damson farms. She eventually left the farm and moved to South Rocky Mount. Nettie later moved to Matthew Street where she stayed many years before moving to Ann Street in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She was employed at Lee’s Tobacco Factory until she retired.
Nettie and her sister Mattie Lula Johnson were born less than a year apart. They both liked to drink their coffee black and strong. Her hobbies were going to the movies and watching television.
When Nettie’s health failed she was transferred to the Prosian Nursing Home in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She died October 30, 1989 at Community Hospital. Nettie and her husband Henry Edmond were interred in the Unity Cemetery in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.