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Temple Johnston

Rose Spray
Johnston, Joseph E.
Birth: April 25, 1871 Geneva Co., Ala.
Death: June 23, 1966
Mother: Nancy Spears
Father: T.W. Johnston
Religion: Church of Christ
Source: Adams Funeral Home
Transcribed by Bettye Odom

J.E. Johnston Dies; Rites Set

CROSBYTON (Special) — Services for J.E. (Temple) Johnston, 95, longtime Crosby County resident, are slated at 3 p.m. Sunday in Crosbyton Church of Christ.

Officiating will be Bill Bryant, minister of the church. Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of King Funeral Home.

Johnston died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday in Crosbyton Hospital. He was a native of Geneva County, Ala., and came to Crosby County in 1909, settling at Old Emma. In 1911, he moved to Crosbyton.

Survivors are his wife, Martha; five sons, J.E. Jr., Crosbyton; Tom, Lakeside, Calif.; W.L., Arlington; Louis, Lamesa, and Derek, San Antonio; three daughters, Mrs. Ora Raymond, Crosbyton; Mrs. R. L. Little, Richardson, and Mrs. Thomas Genovese, Silver Springs, Md.; one brother, Dan, Hollis, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Marve Riddle, Silverton; 18 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, June 1966
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes

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