Johnson, Walter Lester Jr.

1928 - 1998  (70 years)

• Name	Johnson, Walter Lester
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	30 Mar 1928	Ovalo, Taylor County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Nov 1998	Tuscola, Taylor County, Texas, USA
  Buried	19 Nov 1998	Elmwood Memorial Park - Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA
  	Findagrave.com Memorial #103085366
  Person ID	I11894	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Johnson, Walter Lester Sr.,   b. 22 Jan 1898, Round Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ,   d. Abt 1994  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	McKinley, Laura Belle,   b. 28 Jun 1903, Oplin, Callahan County, Texas, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1982, Tuscola, Taylor County, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1919	Callahan County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F4812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shrum, Claudia Jo,   b. 12 Jul 1926,   d. 16 Nov 1999  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Abt 1954	Commanche County, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Johnson, Richard Jay (Rickie)   2. Johnson, Leslie Jo
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F4820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary   Lester Johnson TUSCOLA - Walter Lester Johnson Jr., 70, died Tuesday at his home. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. today in Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene with the Rev. T.C. Melton officiating, directed by Fry-Bartlett Funeral Home. Mr. Johnson was born near Ovalo and was a lifelong resident of the Ovalo-Tuscola area. He attended school in Ovalo and married Claudia Jo Shrum in 1954 in Comanche County. He owned and operated Lester Johnson Construction Co., a dirt contracting business, for many years. He then owned and operated Lester Johnson Farms until retiring in 1991. Survivors include his wife, of Tuscola; one daughter, Leslie Prentice of Buffalo Gap; one son, Rickie Johnson of Tuscola; one stepdaughter, Judy Stubblefield of Ovalo; one sister, Charlyn Ogle of Abilene; one brother, Merl Johnson of Abilene; and five grandchildren.   Published in the Abilene Reporter (Abilene, TX) on Thursday, November 19, 1998.