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Submitted: 7/6/21 • Approved: 7/6/21 • Last Updated: 7/9/21 • R434043-G434041-S3
Junro (J. P. )
1917-2011
Elizabeth M.
1916-1968
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*Obituary Junro
BORGER - J.P (Junro) Johnston, 93, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Brown Funeral Home Chapel of the Fountains in Borger.
J.P. was born July 31, 1917, in Sharon, Okla. The second of seven children born to Grover P. Johnston and Lillie Barnes Johnston. J.P. was the last surviving member of that family. Deceased siblings were Charles Johnston, Claralee Johnston, Elton Ray Johnston, Jack Johnston, James Johnston, Bessie Lou Dugan, and half-brother Casey Garrett.
The Johnston family had been prosperous throughout the twenties. Grover Johnston, through his own efforts, successfully operated a restaurant, pool hall and grain elevator in the Sharon/Vici area. Tragic events, however, finally destroyed these assets in the mid-thirties. A slow, fatal illness took the life of the mother and the onset of the Great Depression. The departure of the father to California left the siblings placed with various relatives. J.P. was married that year (1935) to Elizabeth Stambaugh and began a search for better employment.
J.P. was determined to provide for a new wife and siblings. Having heard of jobs in the Texas Panhandle oil fields, he hopped a slow freight train for this area. He started work with the Cabot Carbon Company in Skellytown in 1936. There followed the birth of daughter, Bette, in 1937 and eight successful years with Cabot.
By 1944, jobs proliferated with the advent of World War II. An even better opportunity arose, with a job transfer to the Phillips Co-Poly plant in Borger. The family lived in the Bunavista area, as J.P.'s employment with Phillips continued to grow. In 1945, a son, Bill, was born and J.P. later moved the family into the city of Borger.
In 1968, Elizabeth Johnston died in the family home. His job meanwhile rose to Manager of Quality Control. J.P. married Lois Williams in 1978.
J.P. Johnston was an avid sports fan throughout his life. He loved golf. He scored two "holes in one" within a six week period. In addition, he loved hunting and fishing. Armed with rod and reel (and his trusty inner tube/waders), he was well-known for always bringing in lunkers where everyone else couldn't get a bite.
Survivors include a daughter, Bette Martin and son-in-law Jerry Martin of Canyon; a son, Bill Johnston and daughter-in-law, Marsha Johnston of Borger; his grandchildren, Terry Martin of Yorba Linda, Calif., Laura Eroche of Houma, La., Jarrett Johnston and Jeff Johnston of Amarillo; his great-grandchildren, Kyle Eroche of Houma, London Johnston of Lubbock and Emerson Johnston and Elijah Johnston, both of Amarillo.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, June 30, 2011)
*Obituary Elizabeth
BORGER - Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth M. Johnston, 50, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Wesley Methodist Church. The Rev. Wilton E. Lynn, pastor of the Buna Vista Baptist Church, and the Rev. Hugh Blaylock, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Johnston was found shot to death in her home early Monday. She was discovered by her husband, J.P. Johnston, after he returned home from work at Phillips Petroleum Co. about midnight.
Mr. Johnston said he discovered her on the bathroom floor with a .22 caliber revolver near the body. The house was locked.
Justice of the Peace Sam Watson said he would make a ruling on the death when police complete their investigation.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Billy Joe, a student at West Texas State University; a daughter, Mrs. Betty June Martin of Garden Grove, Calif.; three brothers, Harry Stanbaugh of Chester, Okla., Bernard Stanbaugh of Cherokee, Okla., and Oral Stanbaugh of Ponca City, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Beryl Richardson of Canyon; her father, Ben Stanbaugh of Tahlequah, Okla., and two grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - Tue, May 14, 1968 - Page 32)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Elizabeth Johnston
Death Date: 13 May 1968
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
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