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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Johnnie Helen

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Booth

Dec 8, 1921 — Jul 8, 2015

Obituary

Funeral service for Johnnie Helen Booth will be at 10:00 am Monday, July 20, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church, Lawton with Rev. Keith King, Associate Pastor, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, OK officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Johnnie Helen Booth, 93, Dallas, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 in Dallas. She was born December 8, 1921 in Duncan, OK to Rev. Marion Franklin and Emma (Clark) Milburn. She attended Duncan High School and attended college at Central State College in Edmond. She taught school for three years before marrying Bob N. Booth on June 17, 1945 in Sterling, OK. He passed away March 12, 1997 in Lawton. Johnnie moved to Dallas to be near her daughter for the past five years, where she lived in Whiterock Retirement Center. She made many new friends and was very active in many community service events. It was a joy for her to be near her daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren where she could be involved in their many activities, birthdays and holidays. While living in Lawton she was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church and Circle 5. She was bookkeeper and seamstress for many years at Quality Upholstery, a business started by her and her husband. She later worked Civil Service and retired in 1990 after 24 1/2 years. After her retirement she and her husband Bob became the Oklahoma Arts Council Magician, performing for school assemblies across Oklahoma to encourage reading in school and at home. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Linda and Bruce Gardiner of Dallas, four grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, her brother and sister-in-law Marion and Linda Milburn of Tecumseh, OK and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Romaine and Leonard Payne of Lawton, OK. and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and son Bobby Dean Booth. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Plus, 3100 McKinnon Street, Dallas, TX 75201 or to No Place Like Home, 8204 Elmbrook Drive, Dallas, TX 75247.

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