Obituary of Robert Johnson

Funeral services for Robert G. Johnson, age 79, of Lone Oak, will be conducted at 2:00 pm Saturday February 4, 2017 at First Baptist Church in Lone Oak with Pastor Curtis Crow officiating. Burial will be in Rabb Cemetery with Chadrick Robinson, Christopher Abernathy, DeWayne Turner, Michael Johnson, Vernon Johnson, Sheldon Hamilton, Bobby Kelley and Darrell Jackson serving as pallbearers. There will be no formal visitation. Robert passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Robert was born on May 6, 1937 in Lone Oak, TX the son of Kay and Macy Wellington Johnson. He married Juanita Childs and she preceded him in death. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a rancher in the Lone Oak area. He is survived by daughters, Schella Johnson of Sulphur Springs and Robbie Johnson of Sulphur Springs, sons, Larry Donnell Childs of Sulphur Springs , Gary Lyn Chisom, Arthur Willis Spain, and Robert Junior Johnson of Sulphur Springs, sisters, Marion Jean Johnson, Katie Sue Porter, Mary Helen Abernathy, Frances Elizabeth Turner, grandchildren, Mellissa Hamilton and husband Sheldon, Marquis Wright, Adryan Johnson, Kristy Dial Johnson, and great-grandchildren, Ivyana Ivery, Aaralyn Evans, Dalia Johnson, Aaryn Evans, Sheldon Hamilton Jr. In addition to his wife, he was also preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Walter Johnson, Glen Douglas Johnson, Eddie Polk, and grandson Graylon TaRaye Ivery, Jr. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. www.westoaksfuneralhome.com