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Raymond, Ora Johnston 3/30/1897 8/7/92
Born: Hollis, OK
Father: Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Mother: Martha Ellen Vermillion
Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom
Obituary
CROSBYTON (Special) - Graveside services for Ora Johnston Raymond, 95, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Crosbyton Cemetery with his brother, Frank Burk Johnston, officiating.Burial will be under direction of Adams Funeral Home.
Mrs. Raymond died at noon Wednesday in Crosbyton Hospital after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Hollis, Okla. She married William McKinley Raymond in 1926. He died in 1931. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Canyon State College and a master of arts degree from Texas Tech University. She was a pioneer in the field of special education, and she was an elementary school teacher and special education teacher. She taught in Snyder, Amarillo and Crosbyton. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Teacher´s Society.
Survivors include three daughters, Claudia Shreve of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Ruth Lewis of Hobbs, NM, and Joanna Campbell of Lubbock; four brothers, Tom Johnston of Arlington, Louis Johnston of Seminole and Frank Burk Johnston of San Antonio; a sister, Dorothy Genovese of Leeds, Md.; six grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, August 23, 1992
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
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