Nelda Ruth Barnett Johnson passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014, surrounded by family at her home in Bastrop, Louisiana. She was 78. A graveside memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Arkansas under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop with Pastor Terry Young officiating. Following the service, family and friends are invited to gather from 3:30pm to 5:30pm for fellowship and reflection at son James and his wife Harriet Johnson's home in Wilmot.
Mrs. Johnson was born on November 2, 1935 in Bastrop to the late James Willard Barnett and the late Mabrey Beatrice Smith Barnett. She grew up in Bastrop and went on to attend Louisiana State University where she was a Pi Beta Phi and an LSU Beauty. After graduating from LSU, she married the late William Lewis Johnson, Sr. in September 1958. They established their family home in Wilmot, Arkansas where they raised three children together.
Mrs. Johnson was an active community member throughout her life. During her early years in Wilmot she served as librarian for the Portland School in Portland, Arkansas and later taught English at Montrose Academy in Montrose, Arkansas. Widowed in 1976, she was instrumental in the continuation of the Johnson family farm for many years and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bayou Grain and Chemical Corporation during the 1980s. She also was a Sunday school teacher and organist for the Wilmot United Methodist Church for many years and served Ashley County, Arkansas as a Justice of the Peace from 1995 through 1996.
Mrs. Johnson is fondly remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Her lifelong interests chiefly involved travel and the arts, especially music, and she took great pleasure in sharing these interests with her children and grandchildren. A thoughtful writer, she often sent handwritten notes and letters and was known for her grace, generosity, quick sense of humor and love for her family.
Mrs. Johnson is preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother Billy Gerald Barnett.
She is survived by her son William Lewis Johnson, Jr. and his wife Cindy, her son James Willard Johnson and his wife Harriet, her daughter Mary Ellen Ferrari and her husband John, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers are grandsons Clay Johnson, Jake Johnson, Ben Johnson and Ryan Johnson, son-in-law John Ferrari, and Justin Sutton, husband of granddaughter Ashley Sutton.
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Mrs. Johnson was born on November 2, 1935 in Bastrop to the late James Willard Barnett and the late Mabrey Beatrice Smith Barnett. She grew up in Bastrop and went on to attend Louisiana State University where she was a Pi Beta Phi and an LSU Beauty. After graduating from LSU, she married the late William Lewis Johnson, Sr. in September 1958. They established their family home in Wilmot, Arkansas where they raised three children together.
Mrs. Johnson was an active community member throughout her life. During her early years in Wilmot she served as librarian for the Portland School in Portland, Arkansas and later taught English at Montrose Academy in Montrose, Arkansas. Widowed in 1976, she was instrumental in the continuation of the Johnson family farm for many years and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bayou Grain and Chemical Corporation during the 1980s. She also was a Sunday school teacher and organist for the Wilmot United Methodist Church for many years and served Ashley County, Arkansas as a Justice of the Peace from 1995 through 1996.
Mrs. Johnson is fondly remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Her lifelong interests chiefly involved travel and the arts, especially music, and she took great pleasure in sharing these interests with her children and grandchildren. A thoughtful writer, she often sent handwritten notes and letters and was known for her grace, generosity, quick sense of humor and love for her family.
Mrs. Johnson is preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother Billy Gerald Barnett.
She is survived by her son William Lewis Johnson, Jr. and his wife Cindy, her son James Willard Johnson and his wife Harriet, her daughter Mary Ellen Ferrari and her husband John, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers are grandsons Clay Johnson, Jake Johnson, Ben Johnson and Ryan Johnson, son-in-law John Ferrari, and Justin Sutton, husband of granddaughter Ashley Sutton.
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19428226/Nelda-Ruth-Johnson
Nelda Ruth Barnett Johnson passed away on Friday, July 18, 2014, surrounded by family at her home in Bastrop, Louisiana. She was 78. A graveside memorial service celebrating her life will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Arkansas under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop with Pastor Terry Young officiating. Following the service, family and friends are invited to gather from 3:30pm to 5:30pm for fellowship and reflection at son James and his wife Harriet Johnson's home in Wilmot.
Mrs. Johnson was born on November 2, 1935 in Bastrop to the late James Willard Barnett and the late Mabrey Beatrice Smith Barnett. She grew up in Bastrop and went on to attend Louisiana State University where she was a Pi Beta Phi and an LSU Beauty. After graduating from LSU, she married the late William Lewis Johnson, Sr. in September 1958. They established their family home in Wilmot, Arkansas where they raised three children together.
Mrs. Johnson was an active community member throughout her life. During her early years in Wilmot she served as librarian for the Portland School in Portland, Arkansas and later taught English at Montrose Academy in Montrose, Arkansas. Widowed in 1976, she was instrumental in the continuation of the Johnson family farm for many years and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bayou Grain and Chemical Corporation during the 1980s. She also was a Sunday school teacher and organist for the Wilmot United Methodist Church for many years and served Ashley County, Arkansas as a Justice of the Peace from 1995 through 1996.
Mrs. Johnson is fondly remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Her lifelong interests chiefly involved travel and the arts, especially music, and she took great pleasure in sharing these interests with her children and grandchildren. A thoughtful writer, she often sent handwritten notes and letters and was known for her grace, generosity, quick sense of humor and love for her family.
Mrs. Johnson is preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother Billy Gerald Barnett.
She is survived by her son William Lewis Johnson, Jr. and his wife Cindy, her son James Willard Johnson and his wife Harriet, her daughter Mary Ellen Ferrari and her husband John, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers are grandsons Clay Johnson, Jake Johnson, Ben Johnson and Ryan Johnson, son-in-law John Ferrari, and Justin Sutton, husband of granddaughter Ashley Sutton.
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19428226/Nelda-Ruth-Johnson
Mrs. Johnson was born on November 2, 1935 in Bastrop to the late James Willard Barnett and the late Mabrey Beatrice Smith Barnett. She grew up in Bastrop and went on to attend Louisiana State University where she was a Pi Beta Phi and an LSU Beauty. After graduating from LSU, she married the late William Lewis Johnson, Sr. in September 1958. They established their family home in Wilmot, Arkansas where they raised three children together.
Mrs. Johnson was an active community member throughout her life. During her early years in Wilmot she served as librarian for the Portland School in Portland, Arkansas and later taught English at Montrose Academy in Montrose, Arkansas. Widowed in 1976, she was instrumental in the continuation of the Johnson family farm for many years and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bayou Grain and Chemical Corporation during the 1980s. She also was a Sunday school teacher and organist for the Wilmot United Methodist Church for many years and served Ashley County, Arkansas as a Justice of the Peace from 1995 through 1996.
Mrs. Johnson is fondly remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Her lifelong interests chiefly involved travel and the arts, especially music, and she took great pleasure in sharing these interests with her children and grandchildren. A thoughtful writer, she often sent handwritten notes and letters and was known for her grace, generosity, quick sense of humor and love for her family.
Mrs. Johnson is preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her brother Billy Gerald Barnett.
She is survived by her son William Lewis Johnson, Jr. and his wife Cindy, her son James Willard Johnson and his wife Harriet, her daughter Mary Ellen Ferrari and her husband John, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers are grandsons Clay Johnson, Jake Johnson, Ben Johnson and Ryan Johnson, son-in-law John Ferrari, and Justin Sutton, husband of granddaughter Ashley Sutton.
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19428226/Nelda-Ruth-Johnson
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