Grayson Johnson was born October 4, 1933,  a son of Mosey and Dixie Watts Johnson in Garner, Kentucky (Watts Fork).  He died fifty-two years later.  Grayson was a member of the Hindman United Methodist church, a member of the Lions club and veteran of the Korean War.  He graduated from the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville School of Law.  He practiced law for twenty five years in Hindman.  He came to Hindman to raise his family for
its quality of education.  He wanted his sons to be better prepared for college that he was.  Four of his sons graduated from college and he instilled in them the desire to excel and to leave the world a better place.  He worked with the Boy Scouts and was instrumental in the formation of the first youth baseball program in Knott County.

He helped many workers win compensation for their injuries in his law practice and many young people to be all they could be.  His family, wife Ann Johnson; his sons Michael Johnson, an attorney and write; Paul Jeffrey Johnson, a doctor, wife Jamie, children Tyler, Maddye and Shelby of Paducah; Ron Johnson, an engineer, wife Theri and son Nicholas of Hindman; and David, a geologist, wife Sheri and daughter Hannah of Frankfort are all better because of him.

Submitted by Corbett Mullins