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'''Erle Ennis Johnston, Jr.''' (October 10, 1917 &ndash; September 26, 1995),<ref name=fagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Johnston&GSfn=Erle&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=160628375&df=all&

'''Erle Ennis Johnston, Jr.''' (October 10, 1917 &ndash; September 26, 1995),<ref name=fagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Johnston&GSfn=Erle&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=160628375&df=all&

|title=Erle Ennis Johnston, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 13, 206}}</ref> was a [[Journalism|journalist]] and [[politician]] from [[Mississippi]].

|title=Erle Ennis Johnston, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 13, 206}}</ref> was a [[Journalism|journalist]] and [[politician]] from [[Mississippi]].

==Background==

==Background==

Johnston was born in Garyville in St. John the Baptist Parish in south [[Louisiana]].<ref name=papers/> His father, Erle Johnston, Sr. (1889-1962) and  his mother, the former Grace Buchanan (1888-1970), are interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookhaven in Lincoln County in southwestern Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Johnston&GSfn=Erle&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=51989382&df=all&

Johnston was born in Garyville in St. John the Baptist Parish in south [[Louisiana]].<ref name=papers/> His father, Erle Johnston, Sr. (1889-1962) and his mother, the former Grace Buchanan (1888-1970), are interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookhaven in Lincoln County in southwestern Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Johnston&GSfn=Erle&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=51989382&df=all&

|title=Erle Johnston|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2016}}</ref> Erle Johnston, Sr., worked in the lumber industry and moved his wife and two sons, Erle and Bert, to [[Toledo]], [[Ohio]], and thereafter the capital city of [[Jackson]], Mississippi, before they settled in 1928 in Grenada in northern Mississippi. Johnston attended Grenada High School, where he played on the [[baseball]] team and was a member of the band. He launched the school's first [[newspaper]] and while in high school reported part-time for the ''Grenada Daily-Star.'' He graduated in 1935 but was unable to meet the expenses of attending college.<ref name=papers/>   

|title=Erle Johnston|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 14, 2016}}</ref> Erle Johnston, Sr., worked in the lumber industry and moved his wife and two sons, Erle and Bert, to [[Toledo]], [[Ohio]], and thereafter the capital city of [[Jackson]], Mississippi, before they settled in 1928 in Grenada in northern Mississippi. Johnston attended Grenada High School, where he played on the [[baseball]] team and was a member of the band. He launched the school's first [[newspaper]] and while in high school reported part-time for the ''Grenada Daily-Star.'' He graduated in 1935 but was unable to meet the expenses of attending college.<ref name=papers/>   

Johnston was active in the [[Chamber of Commerce]], Rotary International, and the Forest Country Club. He was a deacon and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the Forest [[Presbyterian]] Church and volunteered to assist the [[Boy Scouts of America]] and Little League baseball.<ref name=papers/>  

Johnston was active in the [[Chamber of Commerce]], Rotary International, and the Forest Country Club. He was a deacon and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the Forest [[Presbyterian]] Church and volunteered to assist the [[Boy Scouts of America]] and Little League baseball.<ref name=papers/>  

Johnston and his wife, Fay, had two daughters, Carol J. Lindley and husband, Robert C. Lindley, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Lynn J. Catalina and husband, Ben Herman Catalina, of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]; a son, Erle "Bubby" Johnston, III, formerly the public information officer at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi, and five grandchildren. Johnston died early in the fall of 1995 at the age of seventy-seven of a heart ailment at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.<ref name=nyt/>

Johnston and his wife, Fay, had two daughters, Carol J. Lindley and husband, Robert C. Lindley, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Lynn J. Catalina and husband, Ben Herman Catalina, of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]; a son, Erle "Bubby" Johnston, III, formerly the public information officer at East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi, and five grandchildren. Johnston died early in the autumn of 1995 at the age of seventy-seven of a heart ailment at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.<ref name=nyt/>

 

 

In 1992, Johnston was co-chairman of historically black Tougaloo College's Committee on the Preservation of Civil Rights Activities in Madison County, Mississippi. Not long before his death three years later, he organized the fortieth anniversary reunion of the players in the Pasadena Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, which was played in 1955 between Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, and Compton Community College in Compton, [[California]]. This was the first time that a white [[American football|football]] team from Mississippi played against a racially-integrated team.<ref name=papers/> 

In 1992, Johnston was co-chairman of historically black Tougaloo College's Committee on the Preservation of Civil Rights Activities in Madison County, Mississippi. Not long before his death three years later, he organized the fortieth anniversary reunion of the players in the Pasadena Junior Rose Bowl, now the Pasadena Bowl, which was played in 1955 between Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, and Compton Community College in Compton, [[California]]. This was the first time that a white [[American football|football]] team from Mississippi played against a racially-integrated team.<ref name=papers/>