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Submitted: 2/18/21 • Approved: 2/18/21 • Last Updated: 2/21/21 • R390514-G390513-S3
1922-1993
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Velma Dean Johnson, 70, Borger, died at 8:58 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, 1993 in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Raines, pastor officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Bennington, Okla., she had been a Borger resident for 49 years. She was a homemaker and member of Central Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by a son, James "Jim" Johnson in August 1992.
She married Roy Johnson Sept. 25, 1940 in Durant, Okla.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Chuck Johnson of Fritch; two daughters, Pat Marchman of Borger; and Deana Mercer of Panhandle; two brothers, Lois Raney of Panhandle; and Hulen Raney of Bennington, Okla.; two sisters, Thelma Dean Sherrer of Bennington, Okla.; and Marie Litterell of Borger; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Frances McWilliams, Pee Wee Howell, Tom Wicker, Bob Flood, Don Sanders, and James Mears.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 17, 1993)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Velma Raney
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1922
Marriage Date: 25 Sep 1940
Marriage Place: Bryan, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Roy Johnson
Film Number: 002194945
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Velma Johnson
Death Date: 15 Feb 1993
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Mrs Velma Johnson
[Mrs Velma D Johnson]
[Mrs Velma Raney]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1922
Birth Place: Jackson Brya, Oklahoma
Death Date: 15 Feb 1993
Father: J E Raney
Mother: Mollie Neal
Notes: Feb: Name listed as VELMA JOHNSON; 25 Feb 1993: Name listed as VELMA D JOHNSON
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