Wanda Jean Johnson

Wanda Jean Johnson, 83, of Coldspring, Texas passed away July 6,2019 with her family at her side. She was born to James W. Humpreys and Rosette Isbell Humphreys September 15,1935 at Enloe, Texas. Jean (as she wanted to be called) began her schooling at Enloe but moved to Ft. Worth, Texas in her junior year graduating from Paschal High School mid-term of 1954.Jean while working on the farm at Enloe was so proficient at picking cotton that she won a trip to the State Fair of Texas before moving to Ft. Worth. Jerry maintains that he married the best cotton picking girl in Texas. After graduating she was treated to a train ticket to Mt. Clemons, MI.by her two sisters who lived there, Estelle Imogene,and Mary Mozelle. There she met her future husband, Jerry, who had just returned from Air Force duty in Japan during the Korean war. His stateside assignment was Selfridge Air Force Base, Mt. Clemons, MI. Their meeting at church was deemed to be no accident but an answer to prayers Jean always maintained. Both Jerry & Jean said that they were attracted to one another because being a boy from Oklahoma and a girl from Texas they were the only ones who could understand each other in Michigan. This meeting resulted in a marriage of 64 1/2 years and to this union was born two girls and one boy, Pamela Jean, Leslie Dawn and Jay. Married life has taken them first to Mt. Clemons, MI. where Jerry was discharged from the service in Feb. of 1955 and then to Oklahoma City where Jerry was employed by a national consumer financial institution that lasted 18 years and took them to Beaumont, Texas in 1959, then to Houston, Texas and finally to Edmond, OK where Jerry began a banking career with The First National Bank as a vice-president and four years later as president. ln 1990 when the bank changed ownership they moved to Purcell, OK. where Jerry took the reins as president of The First American Bank & Trust Co. until the year 2000 when he retired and they moved to their present home on Lake Livingston, Texas. Jean's greatest character trait was her ability to love which extended from the very youngest to the very oldest She wanted to hold the baby whether it was her own family or anyone' s family. She had the opportunity to counsel young mother' s to be while working for a group of OBGYNS doctors in Edmond, a job she dearly loved. By contrast she was attracted to becoming a friend and care-giver to the elderly. They loved her and trusted her valuing her opinion over that of the doctors. There was never a time or place where her servanthood did not shine. Her last act of servanthood was caring for a 95 year old woman who had moved to Onalaska from California. Jean supplied all her needs in doctor appointments, medications, groceries, church and even she & Jerry taking her on vacation that was not without difficulty. Service above self could not be better demonstrated. First and foremost was her love for the Lord and secondly her love for her grandchildren, great grandchildren all the family and the world as well. She is survived by her husband Jerry a union lasting 64 1/2 years, 3 children, Pam Norsworthy and husband Don, Leslie Walling and husband Ken, and Jay Johnson, 4 grandchildren, Rachel Murray, Chad Walling, Kelli Perkins & Bailey Draper and 8 great grandchildren. She is also survived by 2 brothers Bill and Harold of Ft. Worth as well as a host of other relatives and friends She was predeceased by her mother & father Jim & Rosette Humphreys, 2 brothers Claude and Raymond, 3 sisters Estelle, Mozelle, and Patsy. Burial will be in Magnolia Memorial Gardens next to Ethel Baldwin who insisted that Jean and Jerry be buried next to her. Jean leaves behind nothing but beautiful memories.

Wanda Jean Johnson

September 15, 1935 - July 6, 2019