Lura Mae Johnson, 92 of Greenville, passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 at the Briarcliff Health Center. Funeral services will be on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at Family Fellowship at 10 a.m. with Rev. Paul Blue officiating. Burial will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Lura Mae was born in Grapeland, Texas on April 4, 1919 to Lonzy P. and Alice Johnston Gentry. She married Lennis S. Johnson in Lone Oak, Texas on June 4, 1938.
Mrs. Johnson worked for 30+ plus as a school teacher for the Greenville and Mesquite ISD. She was a member of Family Fellowship and a Pythian Sister.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Cathy Johnson of Winnsboro, Larry and Linda Johnson of Greenville; daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Monty McCarley of Blue Ridge; grandchildren, Brian and Deborah Johnson of Tyler, Wendell and Tammy McCarley of Blue Ridge, Michael and Amy McCarley of Blue Ridge, Derek and Marci Johnson of Greenville, Angie and Hank Rucker of McKinney, Jennifer and Bryan Lovett of Winnsboro, Marcus and Kristy Johnson of Nederland; 19 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Clifton Johnson of Point and a sister-in-law, Glenna Bigham of Waxahachie.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two brothers, Wilmer and Leonard Gentry.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Brian Johnson, Derek Johnson, Marcus Johnson, Michael McCarley, Wendell McCarley and Hank Rucker.