1915
Capt
2007
Capt Victor O. "Dick" Johnson
March 28, 1915 — April 11, 2007
Capt. Victor O. "Dick" Johnson, Jr.
Covington, La.--Victor Oran "Dick" Johnson, Jr., 92, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at Southerland Assisted Living Home near Covington, La. He was born March 28, 1915, in Verona, Mississippi to the late Victor O. and Dolly Filgo Johnson. He retired from 35 years of service with Delta Airlines, having started his career in 1940 as a pilot with Chicago and Southern, which later merged to become Delta. At that time there were only 26 pilots flying with the airline. During his flying career, he logged some 32,000 hours of accident-free flying. As a young man out of high school in north Mississippi, he worked as an aircraft mechanic at Southern Air Services in Memphis, TN and there began flying lessons, paving his way for his successful career in commercial aviation. During the Second World War, when the military was granted special authority over domestic airlines, he flew top military brass, troops, supplies and other vital cargo for the Army Air Corps across the United States. His flying career was a virtual history of aviation, from single engine, open-cockpit biplanes to the Boeing 747 "jumbo jet. He met his wife, the late Flava Lee (Ruble) Johnson of Piedmont, Missouri, while she was working as a stewardess, also at Chicago and Southern Airlines. The couple married in 1942 and settled in the Gentilly area of New Orleans, where he was based with Delta. The Johnson family moved to St. Tammany Parish in 1954, where they remained and raised their two children. He was a member of the Airline Pilots Association and Delta Golden Wings. He was an honorary life Patron of Playmakers Theater, having actively worked to help establish Playmakers in its very early years. He also served as King of the Juno carnival krewe and was a member of the Krewe of Olympia. He was also a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Masonic Lodge #475.
Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Verona Cemetery. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of local arrangements.
He is survived by two children, Victor O. Johnson III (Sondra Meiners Johnson) of Covington, LA and Sally Johnson Fox (Allan Keith Fox) of Navarre, FL; two sisters, Dorothy Elizabeth Guenther and Sarah Dale McKee, both of Greenwood, Mississippi and one brother Charles Carter Johnson of Mesa, Arizona. One of Captain Johnsons most treasured roles was being Paw-Paw to Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Molly Lee Parsons and Jason Alan Johnson.
Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at W.E. Pegues on Jefferson Street.
Covington, La.--Victor Oran "Dick" Johnson, Jr., 92, died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at Southerland Assisted Living Home near Covington, La. He was born March 28, 1915, in Verona, Mississippi to the late Victor O. and Dolly Filgo Johnson. He retired from 35 years of service with Delta Airlines, having started his career in 1940 as a pilot with Chicago and Southern, which later merged to become Delta. At that time there were only 26 pilots flying with the airline. During his flying career, he logged some 32,000 hours of accident-free flying. As a young man out of high school in north Mississippi, he worked as an aircraft mechanic at Southern Air Services in Memphis, TN and there began flying lessons, paving his way for his successful career in commercial aviation. During the Second World War, when the military was granted special authority over domestic airlines, he flew top military brass, troops, supplies and other vital cargo for the Army Air Corps across the United States. His flying career was a virtual history of aviation, from single engine, open-cockpit biplanes to the Boeing 747 "jumbo jet. He met his wife, the late Flava Lee (Ruble) Johnson of Piedmont, Missouri, while she was working as a stewardess, also at Chicago and Southern Airlines. The couple married in 1942 and settled in the Gentilly area of New Orleans, where he was based with Delta. The Johnson family moved to St. Tammany Parish in 1954, where they remained and raised their two children. He was a member of the Airline Pilots Association and Delta Golden Wings. He was an honorary life Patron of Playmakers Theater, having actively worked to help establish Playmakers in its very early years. He also served as King of the Juno carnival krewe and was a member of the Krewe of Olympia. He was also a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Masonic Lodge #475.
Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Verona Cemetery. W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of local arrangements.
He is survived by two children, Victor O. Johnson III (Sondra Meiners Johnson) of Covington, LA and Sally Johnson Fox (Allan Keith Fox) of Navarre, FL; two sisters, Dorothy Elizabeth Guenther and Sarah Dale McKee, both of Greenwood, Mississippi and one brother Charles Carter Johnson of Mesa, Arizona. One of Captain Johnsons most treasured roles was being Paw-Paw to Jeffrey Paul Johnson, Molly Lee Parsons and Jason Alan Johnson.
Visitation will be 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at W.E. Pegues on Jefferson Street.
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