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Johnson, Joan

Joan Johnson

Services: Have been held.

Helen Joan Johnson, 61, of Lubbock, formerly of Farwell, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, in Lubbock.

She was born on July 24, 1942, in Clovis, to Oscar and Dorothy Hubbell.

She graduated from high school in Farwell in 1960. She attended West Texas State University for 2 years and graduated from Texas Tech University in 1964 with a degree in education.

She married Cecil Mason Johnson on June 1, 1963, in Oklahoma Lane, Texas. She taught the second grade in Littlefield for 2 years and then focused her efforts on being a homemaker. She was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority in Clovis and Farwell. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Clovis. She moved to Lubbock from Farwell in 2000.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; an infant son; and a brother-in-law, Jesse Range.

Survivors include a daughter, Amy Johnson-Rubio (and husband, Donald) of Lubbock; three sisters, Betty Range of Lubbock, Naomi Walls (Mitchell) of Farwell and Jane Moore (Jim) of Portales; two grandsons, Noah and Zane; three nieces, Rhonda Pegoda, Loraine Moffitt and Teresa Wester; and two nephews, Craig Walls and Michael Moore.

Paul Crooks will officiate the services assisted by Kathryn Boren.

Cremation will take place.

Memorial contributions may be made to the March of Dimes, 5219 City Bank Parkway, Suite 10, Lubbock, TX 79407.

Arrangements are by Resthaven Funeral Home of Lubbock.