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Betty Corene Johnson

December 15, 1934 — October 5, 2019

Betty Johnson was born in Foss, Oklahoma, on December 15, 1934 to Ralph and Felda (Wiggins) Crabb, and passed away on October 5, 2019, in Clinton, Oklahoma at the age of 84.
Betty was raised in Foss, Oklahoma, where she attended school at Burns Flat.
Betty married A.C. Johnson on March 6, 1952 in Wheeler, Texas. They moved to San Francisco, California, as well as Hominy, Oklahoma and later to Dill City, Oklahoma where they made their home for over 60 years. To this union four children were born, Connie Jean, Jimmie Ralph, Merle Ann and Lisa Diane.
They raised their four children in Dill City, Oklahoma. Betty worked at the grocery store in Dill City for many years, helped her parents run Crabb's Trailer Park north of Burns Flat, she was co-owner of the Ceramic Shop in Dill City, and became a Farmers Union Agent where she sold automobiles and home insurance. She was a caregiver to her father, aunt and uncle. She raised all of her grandchildren until they started kindergarten.
She enjoyed waterskiing, sewing, raising a garden and canning. Betty cherished spending time with her family and had a special place in her heart for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved attending their sporting events and stock shows.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Felda Crabb, husband, A.C. Johnson in 2015, one daughter, Lisa Johnson in 1977, and son Jimmie Johnson in 2004. Betty's survivors include daughter Connie Gay and husband Mickey of Canton, Texas, Merle Ray and fiancé Floyd King of Foss, Oklahoma; daughter-in-law Nova Johnson of Dill City, Oklahoma, sisters, Bonnie Bookout of Dill City, Oklahoma and Barbara Jones of Seminole, Oklahoma, sister-in-laws Oletta Lewis of Livingston, Texas, and Cathy Johnson of Rocky, Oklahoma, grandchildren Dustin Ray and wife Cary of Foss Lake, Oklahoma, Shonda Fears and husband Brett of Mustang, Oklahoma, Derrick Ray of Dill City, Oklahoma, Lacey Johnson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Shaun Gay and wife Krystal of Killeen, Texas, Jaron Johnson of Dill City, Oklahoma, and Dakota Ray of Dallas, Texas; nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren..

Visitation: 5:00 p.m., ~ 8:00 p.m., Monday, October 7, 2019
9:00 a.m., ~ 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Ray and Martha's Funeral Home
Cordell, Oklahoma
Funeral: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 9, 2019
First Baptist Church
Dill City, Oklahoma
Interment: Page Cemetery
Burns Flat, Oklahoma
Services under the direction of Ray and Martha's Funeral Home of Cordell, Oklahoma.
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