Bowie Co, Tx Obituary

Iva Nell Johnson Obituary

Submitted by: Shane Spencer
Email: Shanespencer84@aol.com

Iva Nell Johnson 79,of Carthage, Texas died Friday, September 3,2004, in
Homeplace, East Texas Hospice, Tyler, Texas. Nell was born May 4,1925 in
Minton, Texas to Russell H. and Katie Moser McClurg. She had lived in Carthage
since 1950, moving here from Texarkana, Texas. She was a member of First
United Methodist Church of Carthage. Nell married her childhood sweetheart
November 14,1944, and worked in computers at Red River Arsenal near Texarkana
while Arthur was away at war, and until he later finished his degree. They
briefly moved to Talco before settling in Carthage with their new baby
daughter. Nell spent most of her life as a busy homemaker and coach`s wife as
well as being a dormitory mom to Panola Junior College athletes for many
years. She stayed busy as a loving mom supporting school and extra curricular
activities; and later in taking care of her grandchildren. Mrs. Johnson was
preceaded in death by a sister, Winifred Torrans in 2000. Survivors include
her husband of 59 years, Arthur M. Johnson of Carthage; one daughter and son-
in-law, Nedra Johnson Cook and husband Chris of Knoxville, Tenn; one brother,
Herbert McClurg og Muskegon, Mich; and two grandchildren, Jamey and Steven
Cook of Knoxville, Tenn. Services will be 2 P.M. Sunday afternoon, September
5,2004 at Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Earl Cantrelle officiating.
Graveside services will follow in Redwater Cemetery in Bowie County near
Texarkana on Monday morning, September 6,2004 at 11:00 A.M. with the Rev. Gary
Fitzgerald officiating. The family will recieve friends from 5-7 P.M. Saturday
night at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be her nephews and Marion Neill
and Howard Rhiddlehoover. Honorary pallbearers will be Tracy Parker, Charles
Matthews, Buddy Bird, John Goolsby, Rapheal Crawford Jr., and the Panola
Junior College faculty and staff from 1950 to 1982. Memorials may be made to a
favorite charity. Texarkana Daily Gazette, September 5,2004.


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