Obit of Johnston, James J - Custer County, Oklahoma

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::Llano Cemetery--Amarillo TX

Amarillo Globe News 10 Sep 1997

James J. Johnston

James J. "Skeet'' Johnston, 91, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 
1997.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in First Baptist Church Chapel 
with Dr. Howard Batson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano 
Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.

Mr. Johnston was born in Weatherford, Okla., and had lived in 
Amarillo for 86 years. He was a chief clerk for Santa Fe Railway for 
47 years.

He was a lifetime member of Amarillo Masonic Lodge No. 731 and the 
International Transportation Union. He also was a member of First 
Baptist Church, where he was a deacon emeritus.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Elaine Sizemore, in 1975.

Survivors include a daughter, Kay Lawson of Riverside, Calif.; two 
sons, Jay Johnston of Chandler, Okla., and Von Johnston of Amarillo; 
a brother, Albert Johnston of Seattle; two sisters, Lucille McCurry 
of Dallas and Mary Fulbright of Chandler, N.C.; three granddaughters; 
and four great-grandchildren.

The family will be at 2409 S. Taylor St. They request memorials be to 
a favorite charity.
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