TITLE:  Meryl Elizabeth Johnston

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 14, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Meryl Elizabeth "Dinty" Johnston, 80, of Charleston, wife of James 
Rufus Johnston, died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. Funeral 
services will be held Friday, June 15, 2001, at 11 o'clock in Hopewell 
Baptist Church, Adams Run. Burial will be in the church cemetery. 
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Hopewell Baptist 
Church Building Fund, 6869 Parkers Ferry Road, Adams Run, S.C. 29426. 
Friends may call James A. Dyal Funeral Home, Summerville, from 6 until 
8 o'clock this evening. Born on October 17, 1920, in Charleston, S.C., 
a daughter of the late Alvin St. Julian Humbert and Ruth Weeks Humbert 
Howard. She was a graduate of Charleston schools. She had four years of
nursing training at St. Francis Hospital. She was a retired assistant 
manager and catering manager for Francis Marion Hotel. She was a member
of Hopewell Baptist Church. Surviving are, husband, James Rufus 
Johnston of Charleston; son and daughter-in-law, Clemmie "Bickie" and 
Angela Rourk of Charleston; daughter and son-in-law, Meryl Elizabeth 
and Harold Black of Ravenel; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Nora 
Doar of Charleston, Irene Wessel of Casey. She was predeceased by hers 
on, Julian Waring Johnston and her brother, William S. Humbert, Sr. 
Arrangements by JAMES A. DYAL FUNERAL HOME, 303 SOUTH MAIN ST., 
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (The Post and Coureir June 14, 2001)

JOHNSTON, Meryl The relatives and friends of Mrs. Meryl Elizabeth 
``Dinty'' Johnston, wife of James Rufus Johnston are invited to attend 
her funeral service this morning at 11 o'clock in Hopewell Baptist 
Church, Adams Run. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may 
call at the church from 10 o'clock until service time today. Flowers 
will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Hopewell Baptist Church 
Building Fund: 6869 Parkers Ferry Road, Adams Run, SC 29426. 
Arrangements by: JAMES A. DYAL FUNERAL HOME, 303 SOUTH MAIN STREET, 
SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. (The Post and Courier June 15, 2001)
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