"Granny" Neva Evelyn Johnson of Jacksonville passed away while being comforted by her family Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the age of 83 at Saint Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock.
Neva was born December 2, 1929 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to John and Rhoda Skidgel. Granny loved to share her childhood memories with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her favorite stories were of her experiences with Native American children and the Dust Bowl in the plains of Oklahoma. Neva married her childhood sweetheart, Clabourne Johnson in 1945 in Malvern. One of Neva's favorite hobbies was tracing her family's genealogy, which she followed back for hundreds of years to Native America, the Civil War and early European settlers. She also enjoyed painting, fishing and visiting the Little Rock Zoo. Neva loved working at E-Z Mart on Kiehl Avenue in Sherwood from 1988 to 2003. She treated her customers like family and insisted the they all call her "Granny". Her only disappointment in life was that she never visited Hawaii.
Neva is survived by her children, Gloria Burnett of Maryland, Deborah Lee-Choate of Cabot, Barbara Perkins of Jasper and Eugene Johnson of Jacksonville. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren. Neva was preceded in death by her husband, Clabourne Johnson and her parents, John and Rhoda Skidgel.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home.Interment will follow at Arkansas Memorial Gardens.
Neva was born December 2, 1929 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to John and Rhoda Skidgel. Granny loved to share her childhood memories with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her favorite stories were of her experiences with Native American children and the Dust Bowl in the plains of Oklahoma. Neva married her childhood sweetheart, Clabourne Johnson in 1945 in Malvern. One of Neva's favorite hobbies was tracing her family's genealogy, which she followed back for hundreds of years to Native America, the Civil War and early European settlers. She also enjoyed painting, fishing and visiting the Little Rock Zoo. Neva loved working at E-Z Mart on Kiehl Avenue in Sherwood from 1988 to 2003. She treated her customers like family and insisted the they all call her "Granny". Her only disappointment in life was that she never visited Hawaii.
Neva is survived by her children, Gloria Burnett of Maryland, Deborah Lee-Choate of Cabot, Barbara Perkins of Jasper and Eugene Johnson of Jacksonville. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren. Neva was preceded in death by her husband, Clabourne Johnson and her parents, John and Rhoda Skidgel.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home.Interment will follow at Arkansas Memorial Gardens.
"Granny" Neva Evelyn Johnson of Jacksonville passed away while being comforted by her family Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the age of 83 at Saint Vincent's Infirmary in Little Rock.
Neva was born December 2, 1929 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to John and Rhoda Skidgel. Granny loved to share her childhood memories with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her favorite stories were of her experiences with Native American children and the Dust Bowl in the plains of Oklahoma. Neva married her childhood sweetheart, Clabourne Johnson in 1945 in Malvern. One of Neva's favorite hobbies was tracing her family's genealogy, which she followed back for hundreds of years to Native America, the Civil War and early European settlers. She also enjoyed painting, fishing and visiting the Little Rock Zoo. Neva loved working at E-Z Mart on Kiehl Avenue in Sherwood from 1988 to 2003. She treated her customers like family and insisted the they all call her "Granny". Her only disappointment in life was that she never visited Hawaii.
Neva is survived by her children, Gloria Burnett of Maryland, Deborah Lee-Choate of Cabot, Barbara Perkins of Jasper and Eugene Johnson of Jacksonville. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren. Neva was preceded in death by her husband, Clabourne Johnson and her parents, John and Rhoda Skidgel.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home.Interment will follow at Arkansas Memorial Gardens.
Neva was born December 2, 1929 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to John and Rhoda Skidgel. Granny loved to share her childhood memories with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her favorite stories were of her experiences with Native American children and the Dust Bowl in the plains of Oklahoma. Neva married her childhood sweetheart, Clabourne Johnson in 1945 in Malvern. One of Neva's favorite hobbies was tracing her family's genealogy, which she followed back for hundreds of years to Native America, the Civil War and early European settlers. She also enjoyed painting, fishing and visiting the Little Rock Zoo. Neva loved working at E-Z Mart on Kiehl Avenue in Sherwood from 1988 to 2003. She treated her customers like family and insisted the they all call her "Granny". Her only disappointment in life was that she never visited Hawaii.
Neva is survived by her children, Gloria Burnett of Maryland, Deborah Lee-Choate of Cabot, Barbara Perkins of Jasper and Eugene Johnson of Jacksonville. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren. Neva was preceded in death by her husband, Clabourne Johnson and her parents, John and Rhoda Skidgel.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home.Interment will follow at Arkansas Memorial Gardens.
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