Richard Johnson, Vernon Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jean Cupp Plummer



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September 18, 2002
Richard Johnson
Funeral services for Mr. Richard Wallace Johnson, 67, of Basile will
be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002 in the Mount Olive Baptist
Church in Pitkin with Bro. Ned Barrett officiating. Burial will follow
in the Blue Branch Cemetery in Pitkin under the direction of the Ardoin's
Funeral Home of Basile. Visitation will be held from 3-9 p.m. today, 
Sept. 18, in the funeral home and from 9 a.m. until time of service
Thursday in the church. Mr. Johnson died at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.
17, in Houma following short illness. He was a native of Pitkin. Mr.
Johnson was preceded in death by his parents, Claiborne and Edwina
Wisby Johnson; one sister, Gloria "Tootsie" Stephens, and one brother,
Raymond Johnson. Survivors include his former wife, Priscilla Ahrens
of Lafayette; three sons, Richard "Ricky" Johnson of Houma, Ronald
"Ronnie" Johnson of Eunice and Royce Johnson of Basile; one daughter,
Rachael Summers of Katy, Texas; three brothers, Loyd Johnson of Glenmora,
Edward Johnson of Pitkin and Chris Johnson of Houma; five sisters, 
Audrey Droddy and Jewel Doyle, both of Pitkin, Norma Martin and Earlene
Seals, both of Houma, and Christine Wright of Houston, Texas. The family
requests in lieu of flowers, send memorial donations of Basile State
Bank in care of Wallace Johnson.