In loving memory
James Warner Johnson
September 26, 1934 – February 12, 2020
Lived 85 years
Rapid River Cemetery · Rapid River, Michigan
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1934
Born September 26
1939
James was 5 when World War II began in Europe
1942
James was 8 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1955
James was 21 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat
1963
James was 29 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1971
James was 37 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
James was 47 when MTV began broadcasting
1995
James was 61 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2001
James was 67 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
James was 80 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Passed away February 12, age 85
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