Lakeland in Lanier County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

M. E. Johnson

Attorney at Law

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2018

1. M. E. Johnson Marker

Inscription.
This was the 1925 site of Merritt Johnson's combination law office and barber shop. Fellow barber Whit Jackson stops by for a friendly chat. (Marker Number 14.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 31° 2.446′ N, 83° 4.504′ W. Marker is in Lakeland, Georgia, in Lanier County. Marker is on South Valdosta Road (U.S. 221) south of West Main Street (U.S. 129), on the left when traveling south. Marker is mounted at eye-level directly on the subject building, which still houses a barber shop - some 100 years later. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3 South Valdosta Road, Lakeland GA 31635, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Stapleton's Grocery (a few steps from this marker); Oaklawn Baptist Academy (a few steps from this marker); The Hotel Milltown (within shouting distance of this marker); The Milltown Air Line Locomotive (within shouting distance of this marker); Lanier County (within shouting distance of this marker); Home of Governor E. D. Rivers (approx. one mile away); Union Baptist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Joshua Lee (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lakeland.

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Meritt E. Johnson was a product of local Berrien County schools and studied law on his own at home. He taught school for five years before being admitted to the bar. From 1901 to 1908 he served as Justice of the Peace. From 1904-1908 he was on the Berrien County Board of Education, and from 1910 to 1916 he was a school trustee in the Knight school district. He served as city councilman in Lakeland from 1919 to 1926 and as city recorder form 1929-1931. Census records attest that Meritt wasn’t always so bookish. In 1910 census of Milltown, GA, he was working as a carpenter, building houses. In 1920, he was a barber, working on his own account in his own shop. Sometime before 1930, son Julian A. Johnson took over the barber shop.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2018

2. M. E. Johnson Marker

(Barber Shop and former Law Office is on the right)

M. E. Johnson, Attorney & Barber image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2018

3. M. E. Johnson, Attorney & Barber

Credits. This page was last revised on January 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 8, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.