Graveside service for Ted D. Johnson D.Ed, will be at 11:00 am Friday, July 10, 2015 in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin with Rev. Kenn Lane, Pastor of Olivet Baptist Church, Lawton officiating. Burial with military honors will be in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Ted D. Johnson, 90, of Lawton passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in Oklahoma City. He was born December 30, 1924 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to James C. Johnson, Sr. and Lucille Munford. He graduated from Lawton Douglass High School in 1943, and joined the US Army on July 30, 1943. He served in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre during WW II and was honorably discharged March 23, 1946. He married Amanda L. Samuels at Lawton, Ok in 1953. He earned his BA from Lincoln University in 1951, his M.Ed from Oklahoma City University in 1971 and his D.Ed from the University of Oklahoma in 1985. Ted taught in Snyder Public Schools, Southeast High School in Oklahoma City and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Ted enjoyed going to the movies, playing golf and working in the Fort Sill Golf Shop. His favorite pastime was writing religious plays with his siblings performing in costume. He sang in his high school choir and in church choirs. He painted a portrait of Jesus that hung in Bethlehem Baptist Church and displayed his artwork in the Sterling House. He is survived by his wife Amanda Johnson, a son Ted Johnson, Jr., daughter Iris Johnson, 3 brothers, James Johnson, Jr, Albert Johnson, Emmett Johnson, a sister Lucille Boutte, cousins Carolyn Cates Wolff, Jonathan Maye Cates, 8 nephews and 8 nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents and 3 brothers, Jack Johnson, Robert Johnson and Preston Johnson. Memorial contributions may be made to Local Arts and Humanities organizations.