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Wilma Pearl <I>Cragg</I> Casey Johnson

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Wilma Pearl Cragg Casey Johnson

Birth
Death
9 Jul 2007 (aged 83)
Burial
Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Pearl Johnson, age 83, entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Monday, July 9, 2007. She was born in Trumann, AR to A.A. Cragg and Lou Ann Watkins Cragg. At age 21 months, she lost her mother and was taken into the home of Sarah Ellen Hodge Keenon and William K. Keenon and raised as their daughter. She was preceded in death by both sets of parents. She was also preceded in death by her two loving husbands, Cecil Leroy Johnson to whom she was married 49 years, and Ruble M. Casey to whom she was married seven years. Pearl had two brothers, Roy Allen Cragg and Elgin Eudell Cragg and a sister Verna Mae Cragg Henry who preceded her in death. She was employed at General Electric for 23 years and worked in 59 frame.

She is survived by her three daughters, Wilma Freeman, Mavis Stark, and Glenda Eldridge and their spouses, Ron, Jim and Paul. She leaves behind a brother Al Craig, Jr., five grandchildren, Todd Freeman, Michelle Stark Cliff, Melissa Stark St.Clair, Autumn Freeman Baker, Dr. Drew Eldridge, thirteen great grandchildren, Adam, Seth, Will and Grace Freeman; Bryon Cliff; Philip, Matthew and Anna St.Clair; Mary Mattison and Will Baker; Ethan, Cooper and Miles Eldridge and one great great grandson, Dillan Freeman. She is also survived by two stepsons, Gary and Larry Casey and a very special lady, her lifelong childhood friend, Doris Barber Harrison.

Funeral services will be held under the direction of Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Services will be held at Roller-Farmers Union Chapel on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 10 a.m. with Pastors Ken Winningham and Bob Heath officiating. Interment will follow at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Shane Baker, Bryon Cliff, Adam Freeman, Seth Freeman, Todd Freeman, Phil Hetler and Larry Thompson. Honorary pallbearers will be Al Craig, Jr., Paul Eldridge, Ron Freeman, Jim Stark, Willie Heath, Paul Bean, Sr., Dean Williams, Jack Elrod, and her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandson.

To sign our online guestbook go to www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.

Pearl Johnson, age 83, entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Monday, July 9, 2007. She was born in Trumann, AR to A.A. Cragg and Lou Ann Watkins Cragg. At age 21 months, she lost her mother and was taken into the home of Sarah Ellen Hodge Keenon and William K. Keenon and raised as their daughter. She was preceded in death by both sets of parents. She was also preceded in death by her two loving husbands, Cecil Leroy Johnson to whom she was married 49 years, and Ruble M. Casey to whom she was married seven years. Pearl had two brothers, Roy Allen Cragg and Elgin Eudell Cragg and a sister Verna Mae Cragg Henry who preceded her in death. She was employed at General Electric for 23 years and worked in 59 frame.

She is survived by her three daughters, Wilma Freeman, Mavis Stark, and Glenda Eldridge and their spouses, Ron, Jim and Paul. She leaves behind a brother Al Craig, Jr., five grandchildren, Todd Freeman, Michelle Stark Cliff, Melissa Stark St.Clair, Autumn Freeman Baker, Dr. Drew Eldridge, thirteen great grandchildren, Adam, Seth, Will and Grace Freeman; Bryon Cliff; Philip, Matthew and Anna St.Clair; Mary Mattison and Will Baker; Ethan, Cooper and Miles Eldridge and one great great grandson, Dillan Freeman. She is also survived by two stepsons, Gary and Larry Casey and a very special lady, her lifelong childhood friend, Doris Barber Harrison.

Funeral services will be held under the direction of Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Services will be held at Roller-Farmers Union Chapel on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 10 a.m. with Pastors Ken Winningham and Bob Heath officiating. Interment will follow at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Shane Baker, Bryon Cliff, Adam Freeman, Seth Freeman, Todd Freeman, Phil Hetler and Larry Thompson. Honorary pallbearers will be Al Craig, Jr., Paul Eldridge, Ron Freeman, Jim Stark, Willie Heath, Paul Bean, Sr., Dean Williams, Jack Elrod, and her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandson.

To sign our online guestbook go to www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.



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