Obit of Johnson, Vera Mae Looper Keller - McIntosh County OK Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ 29 Jan 2006 Return to McIntosh County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/mcintosh/mcintosh.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Parklawn Memorial Gardens--?? Amarillo Globe News 3 Mar 1999 Vera Mae Looper Keller Johnson PLAINVIEW - Vera Mae Looper Keller Johnson, 83, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Joseph Johnson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Parklawn Memorial Gardens by Lemons Funeral Home. Mrs. Johnson was born in McIntosh County, Okla., and moved to Dalhart when she was 5 years old. She lived in Canyon before moving to Claude where she graduated from high school, taught Sunday school and played the piano. She married James L. Yelton in 1933 at Claude. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1941 and then to Gardena. In 1951, she moved to Amarillo and worked as a waitress a the Hilton Hotel. She moved to Roswell, N.M., in 1953 and managed a Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant. She also owned her own restaurant. She moved to Plainview in 1974 and worked as a cashier at the United Grocery Store on 24th Street. In 1987, she began working for the Salvation Army. She was active in the RSVP program and Faith Baptist Church, where she was a member. She was preceded in death by her first husband, James L. Yelton, in 1976. She married Wyndle Johnson in 1996 at Plainview. He died Monday, March 1, 1999. Survivors include a daughter, Sylvia Ivey of Camptonville, Calif.; two sons, Preston "Larry" Yelton of Hot Springs, Ark., and Jack Yelton of Post Falls, Idaho; a sister, Ada Mayes of Amarillo; Ada Mayes of Amarillo; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to McIntosh County Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/mcintosh/mcintosh.html