Obit of Ralph Johnson (j525) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 12 Oct 2003 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 19 September 2003 RALPH JOHNSON Memorial services for Ralph Johnson, 69, of Chickasha, Okla., are pending with Ferguson Funeral Home. Ralph Johnson was born Dec. 28, 1933, and died on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, in Chickasha. =========== Chickasha Express-Star 24 September 2003 RALPH JOHNSON Graveside memorial services for Ralph Johnson, 69, of Chickasha, will be held Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. in the Fairlawn Cemetery, with Chuckie Hartline officiating. Ralph Johnson was born December 28, 1933, in Anadarko, son of Charlie Johnson and Della (Jones) Johnson. He died September 18, 2003, in Chickasha. Ralph was reared in Caddo and Grady Counties and went to school in the Verden School System. He married Erma Hartline on May 8, 1954, in Verden. In 1956, he joined the U.S. Army, where he served in the CIA Division until 1962. Ralph later worked for the Purdue Construction Comp;any until 1971, when he started his own plumbing business - Chickasha Plumbing. He retired in January of 2000. He also owned and ran Ralph's Chickasha Speedway from 1965 to 1967. Ralph enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, especially his grandchildren, Brett and Dax Womack. He also enjoyed traveling and fishing. He was a member of the Eagles Lodge and the Baptist Church. Ralph was preceded in death by his father and one brother. Survivors include his wife, Erma Dee Johnson, of the home; two daughters: Cheryl Kay Johnson, of Gilbert, West Virginia, and April Womack and husband Jack, of Chickasha; one granddaughter, Brett Mercedes Womack, of Chickasha; one grandson, Dax McKinley Womack, of Chickasha; two brothers: Gene Johnson and wife Gracie, of Minco, OK, and Edward Johnson and wife Lil, of Bakersfield, CA; two sisters: Louise Smith and husband Bill, of Bakersfield, CA, and Lavada Mabry and husband Gene, of Porterville, CA; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great great nieces and nephews. Services are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html