Friday's Photo: Alice Wimberly Johnson

Labeled Alice Wimberly Johnston, this photo was found in 
Marguerite Cook Clark's genealogy and photo collection.

Sarah Alice Wimberly was born on 18 August 1887, the youngest of four children of Jesse Pittman Wimberly and Jane Elizabeth Crumpton. She grew up near Ringgold, Louisiana, where her father farmed land about six miles from town. Her siblings were Laura Jessie Wimberly, James Abner Wimberly, and Mary Elizabeth Wimberly. 

Alice was only two years old when her father died of influenza and pneumonia at the age of 37. Her mother was left to raise four young children and never remarried. The family remained close to Alice's paternal aunt, Eliza Wimberly Davis, who had also been widowed. Alice's mother later recalled that the two women and their nine children spent much time together.

On 3 September 1909, Alice married Lovick Howard Johnson (1885–1972). Lovick owned and operated a real estate company and a hotel. The couple settled in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and raised four children.

Alice died on 12 January 1969, at the age of 81. She was buried at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, where her husband was also laid to rest following his death on 15 November 1972. 

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Alice Wimberly Johnston [Johnson], no date; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission. 

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130967252/alice-johnson: accessed 13 Nov 2026), memorial page for Alice Wimberely Johnson (18 Aug 1887–12 Jan 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130967252, citing Memory Lawn Cemetery, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Pat Berel (contributor 47164320).

Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979), 547-553.