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Gloria (Crabill) Johnson

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Title

Gloria (Crabill) Johnson

Subject

Johnson, Gloria Crabill (1927-2017)

Description

Portrait photograph of Gloria (Crabill) Johnson as a young woman.

She grew up in Strasburg and was the daughter of the late Ralph B. and Eula E. Crabill.

Gloria graduated from Strasburg High School and Winchester Business College. She was employed as a secretary at U.S. Civil Service Commission in Washington, D.C. and Atlantic Research Corporation in Alexandria, Virginia, before getting married. She was a member of Macedonia United Methodist Church.

Her first marriage to Augustus "Gus" Noll Horan, in 1946, ended in divorce.

Gloria married J. B. Johnson, Jr. on June 18, 1954, in Arlington, Virginia. He preceded her in death in 2002.

When she died, her obituary noted she left behind a daughter, Heather Karyn Johnson, and two sons, Tracy Johnson and Noll Horan.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Ca 1940's

Contributor

Identified in 2007 by Graham Connor, who lived next door to the subject in Strasburg.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

004924

Original Format

Glass Negative
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Citation

Morrison Studio, “Gloria (Crabill) Johnson,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 13, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34819.

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