Charles Henry Johnson

1946 - 1977  (30 years)

• Name	Charles Henry Johnson  [1, 2]
  Birth	9 Sep 1946	Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV   [2]
  	Obituary -- Charles Henry Johnson Born Sept. 9, 1946, in Rainelle, Trooper Johnson was a son of John J. and Rowena Robinson Johnson of Wilmington, N.C., formerly of Rainelle. Trooper Johnson was graduated from the State Police Academy at Institute in 1970 and had lived in Berkeley Springs three years. He was a member of the Rainelle United Methodist Church. Trooper Johnson served in the Air Force four years and was a member of the Midland Trail Lodge 166, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Other survivors include his wife, Lynda Sue Lively Johnson, formerly of Rainelle; one daughter, Lori Necole, and one son, Jeffrey Bryan, both at home; one sister, Mrs. Leah Rae Wallace of Nelsonville, Ohio; one brother, John J. Johnson, Jr., stationed with the Air Force in Charleston, S.C., and grandmother, Mrs. Mary C. Robinson of South Charleston. Trooper Johnson's body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Rainelle. (Died January 12, 1977 and funeral was January 16, 1977).
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jan 1977	Paw Paw, Morgan County, WV   [1]
  	CHARLES HENRY JOHNSON Trooper Charles Johnson and Trooper Thomas Hercules were shot and killed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, while serving an arrest warrant on a burglary suspect. After the initial arrest the officers took the suspect to his home to allow him to collect some personal belongings. Trooper Hercules waited in the patrol car as Trooper Johnson took him inside. While inside the suspect was able to gain control of Trooper Johnson's service weapon and shot him to death. The man then ran outside and exchanged shots with Trooper Hercules. The suspect then stole the patrol car and fled. He committed suicide three days later as officers closed in on his location. Trooper Johnson had served with the West Virginia State Police for seven years. He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter. A section of US Highway 522 south of Berkeley Springs was renamed in honor of Trooper Johnson and Trooper Hercules.
  Person ID	I1961	Crane Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	John Jay Johnson,   b. 1912   d. 1998 (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Rowena Ray Robinson,   b. 1916   d. 1992 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F3949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1372] Ancestry.com, (Various Online Genealogies), 22 Apr 2018 (Reliability: 2). Linda Lively Johnson [S1807] Obituary, Johnson, Charles Henry, (Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home), 8 Feb 2019 (Reliability: 2).