Kern County Obituaries

Ray E. Johnson

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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A graveside service was held April 16,2001 at 10 a.m. at the California City Memorial 
Park at 2200 Randsburg/Mojave Road, California City. Pastor Lary Scott from the 
Nazarene Church officiated.
Ray E. Johnson was born in Eugene, Oregon on March 26, 1907. His family moved to 
Idaho in 1914 where he attended Lone Tree School and then Northwest Nazarene Academy 
and College. He later left home, went to work in California in the agricultural industry; 
and in 1934 he married Edna Marie Taber. To this reunion were born six children; Gilbert, 
Kathryn Adkisson, David, James, Jean Johnson and Betty Kayali.
Ray was preceded in death by his infant son Gilbert, his wife Edna (1972), and four 
siblings. He is survived by his sister, Willma MacNamara, in Oregon as well as eight 
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and nine nieces and nephews and their offspring.
Ray had many interests, but he especially loved tilling the soil, hiking, finding and 
polishing gemstones and reading from his extensive library. He also had a great love for 
God and his church.
His family is especially grateful to the staff of the Antelope Valley Care Center where 
he stayed the last year of his life.