Funeral services for William Dewey Johnson, 82, were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church, Jayton. Rev. Tommy Ewing, Plainview, officiated, assisted by Rev. Truett Kuenstler, Jayton.Mr. Johnson, a cowboy and painter, by occupation, died April 20 in the Kent County Nursing Home. He moved to Kent County in 1955 from Scurry county. He was a member of the Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife, Henrietta Johnson, Jayton; two sisters, Mrs. Lottie Dopson, Spur and Mrs. Mary Helen Lackey, Amarillo; one grandchild and two great grandchildren.
Pallbearers included Bob Hamilton, Mike Owens, Floyd Hall, Newt Caldwell, Robert Koonce and Jarri Parker.
Burial was in Spur Cemetery.
©The Texas Spur, February 23, 1981
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
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