Marie Johnson

April 6, 2014 - April 11, 2014

Marie Johnson, 93, longtime Stigler area resident died Friday, April 11, 2014 at Stigler. She was born April 6, 1921 in Flatwoods, Kentucky. She grew up in Kentucky where she received her education. She was married to Foster Johnson Sr. in December of 1950. They moved to Council Hill, Oklahoma and stayed four years before settling north of Stigler on Tamaha Road in 1954. Together they bought a farm and raised their family there. Marie will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who adored her family, she loved taking care of her grandchildren. She was a renowned cook that could prepare anything and perfected homemade hot rolls and twice baked potatoes. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She is survived by two sons, Artie Johnson and wife Debora of Stigler, Foster Johnson Jr. and wife Lawana of Stigler; five grandchildren, Shaye Lynn Burke and husband Tony, Foster Tray Johnson and wife Jodi, Kamye Engle, Roland Johnson and wife Cally, Isela Crabtree and husband Walter; her great grandchildren, Kodye, Bruce, Brynna, Jovia, Callen, Rocklyn, Peytan, Hailey, Seth, and Allie; two sisters-in-law, Donna Gray of Hillsboro, Oregon, Gertrude McCall of Santa Rosa, CA; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, O.L. and Ruth Miller; her husband, Foster Johnson Sr.; three brothers, O.L. “Buzzy” Miller Jr.; Jim Gray, and Joe Justice; one sister, Faye Catron. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, April 14, 2014 at the R.E. Shearwood Memorial Chapel with Reverend Delmon Eakle officiating. The Eulogist will be Reverend Bobby Smith. Pallbearers include Roland Johnson, Tray Johnson, Bruce Engel, Walter Crabtree, Scotty Ward, Sam Stubblefield. Honorary Pallbearers include Lee Teasley, Ronnie McGuire. Burial will follow at Tamaha Cemetery under the direction of King & Shearwood Funeral Home of Stigler.