Location: U-Baker

Born: June 4, 1971 Water City, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

Died: August 24, 1986 Loafers Bend, Lake Whitney, Hill County, Texas

Parents:
Billy Joe Olson (1949 – 2016)
Therisa Campbell Olson (1954 – ____)

Johnny Joe Olson, 15, of China Spring drowned Sunday at Loafers Bend on Lake Whitney in Hill County.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of China Spring, the Rev. John P. Carroll officiating.  Burial will be at China Spring Cemetery.

Mr. Olson was born June 4, 1971, in Water Valley, Miss., the son of Billy Joe and Therisa Campbell Olson.  He was a member of the varsity football team at China Spring High School and had lived in China Spring for 4 1/2 years.

Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Bobby Joe Olson and Billy Joe Olson Jr., both of China Spring; and his grandmothers, Mrs. Odis H. Campbell and Mrs. Jamie Maynor, both of Water Valley, Miss.