"Funeral services for Elmer N. Johnson, 61 years old, former Gibson County Republican state representative who died of a heart attack Thursday night at his home here, will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the First Methodist Church, of which he was a member.

Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson, who was a candidate for re-nomination as a state representative in the May primary, served in the Indiana General Assembly in 1947 and 1949. A life long resident of Princeton, he was with Southern Railway 42 years and was a conductor the last 20 years. He was a member of Princeton Masonic Lodge, Shrine and Elks Lodge.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace Johnson; three daughters, Mrs. F.A. Bollier, Oakland City, and Mrs. Jack Jones and Mrs. Leslie Bent, both of Fort Branch, and two sons, James, Vincennes, and George Johnson, Cincinnati, O."

Obituary – 19 Apr 1952

From "A Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly. Indianapolis: Select Committee on the Centennial History of the Indiana General Assembly", page 218, Shepherd, Rebecca, et al. (1984): "Johnson, Elmer Norman. HOUSE, 1947 (GIBSON), Republican. Born October 15, 1890, King Station, Gibson County, Indiana, of English ancestry. Attended Gibson County public schools; Princeton High School. Married Ethel Gertrude Pulliam, 1914 (6 children) - died 1946; married Grace Martin, 1948. Methodist. Farm laborer; railroad employee, Southern Railway Company, 1912-, conductor, ca. 1932 -. Freemason; Elks; Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Died April 17, 1952, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Q; SLQ; LD; IBS; newspapers."