Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: Betty Elizabeth Johnson Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Don Raymond The Stanberry Headlight, Gentry County Missouri, Thursday, April 6, 1950: Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Johnson died Sunday near Island City, her home for 56 years. A well known resident of the Island City community for over 56 years, died about 6 o'clock Sunday night at her farm home, two miles east of Island City. Mrs. Johnson, who was 81 years old, had suffered a stroke about 15 years ago, from which she had never fully recovered. Her condition had been considered as serious the past three weeks. She was born Betty Elizabeth Sherwood, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sherwood. At the time of her birth, the family resided near Dearborn, Mo., and it was in that section that she attended school and grew to young womanhood. She was married to John Pfister at Savannah, Mo., in 1888. They were the parents of one son, Johnnie Pfister, who died at Troy, Kan., in July 1943. The father and husband died shortly after the marriage. On July 11, 1893, she was married to James M. Johnson at Albany. They began their married life in the Island City community, where she has since made her home. Mr. Johnson died in 1915. Mrs. Johnson is survived by two sons, Sherman and Sammie Johnson, farmers near Island City; four daughters, Misses Dottie, Lula and Beulah, of the home, and Mrs. Elsie Martin of Kansas City; one stepson, G. L. Johnson, southwest of Stanberry; 15 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous other relatives. Funeral services were held for her at the Phillips chapel here Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Glenn Willson, pastor of the Island City church. Burial was in the High Ridge Cemetery.