Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  BEN JOHNSON, Jr.

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BEN JOHNSON, Jr.

OCNS - Archives - Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr., 77, died unexpectedly April 8, 
1996 in Mesa, Arizona.   He was born June 13, 1918 in Foraker, Oklahoma, 
the son of Ben and Ollie (Workman) Johnson, Sr.   August 31, 1941, he 
married Carol Elaine Jones, who preceded him in death on March 27, 1994.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Ollie Ride of Mesa; a sister and brother-in-
law, Helen and Dale Christenson of Pawhuska, Oklahoma; a niece, Ann 
Whitehorn of Pawhuska; seven nephews, Dale Christenson, Jr. and Ben 
Christenson of Pawhuska, Larry Christenson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ben Miller 
of Gilbert, Arizona, John Miller of Cave Creek, Arizona, Dan Jones and 
Barry Jones, both of California; and numerous great nieces, nephews and 
other relatives and friends.

Ben was preceded in death by his father, Ben Johnson, Sr., a sister, Mary 
Ann Miller and step-father, Fred Rider.

Ben had acted in dozens of movies since his first in the early fifties 
("Mighty Joe Young") winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 
in "The Last Picture Show".

Funeral services were held Thursday, April 11, 1996 in the East Valley 
Free Will Baptist Church, Mesa.   Graveside services were held April 14, 
1996 in the Pawhuska Cemetery with Reverend Howard Dwartney officiating.   
Casket bearers in Pawhuska were Dale Christenson, Jr., Ben Christenson, 
Larry Christenson, Joe Bob Briggs, J.B. Hurd, Allen Lansdown, Jay Barton 
and Ben Wells.

A memorial was established with the Children's Medical Research Hospital 
in Oklahoma City.

Johnson Funeral Directors, Pawhuska, were in charge of the Pawhuska 
arrangements.