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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Edna Letitia Johnson
Edna Letitia
Johnson
Feb 13, 1921 — Oct 2, 2017
Butler
Edna Letitia Johnson's Obituary
Edna Letitia Temple Johnson, age 96, passed away October 2, 2017 at Bristol Manor, Butler, Missouri. Memorial services will be held at 10:30am Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Inurnment will be at the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions to Clinton Senior Center or Northeast Baptist Church. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at
www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com
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Edna was born in Clinton, Mo., February 13, 1921, the daughter of John Hart Temple and Mary Etta Peterman Temple. She had lived in Clinton until 1948 and returned in 1970. In 1938 she married Charles Thomas Harrelson and to this union were two children, Shirley Ann and Charles Thomas Jr. In 1948 she and the children moved to the Kansas City area where she was employed as supervisor of Inspection at Hallmark Cards. She worked there until 1961 when she moved to Falls Church Virginia where she married Elmer Meredith. They returned to Clinton in 1970 to make their home. Edna worked for Rival's for several years and during that time she joined the Business and Professional Women's Club which she was very active and was named Woman of the Year in 1979. In 1983 Edna retired to spend winters in Arizona. Elmer died in 1994.
Edna loved to dance and she met George Johnson at a dance at the Clinton Senior Center and they were married October 7, 1999 by Rev. Eager. George passed away in 2007.
Edna was a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary, VFW 1894 and a member of the Northeast Baptist Church and was very active at the Clinton Senior Center for 20 years.
Preceding her in death are her parents, her son Charles Thomas Harrelson, her daughter Shirley Ann and husband Don, sister Edith Riffel and husband Lavern, a grandson Terry Joe Miller and stepdaughter Darlene Dyer.
She is survived by a grandson Mark Miller (Joni), a stepdaughter Anne Horn (Brent), four great grandchildren –Amanda, Cody, Megan and Jenna. Four great great grandchildren – Kaylie, Emmalie, Hayden, and Raelynn, Linda Miller (Terry Joe's wife) and many nieces, nephews, and friends.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
Edna was born in Clinton, Mo., February 13, 1921, the daughter of John Hart Temple and Mary Etta Peterman Temple. She had lived in Clinton until 1948 and returned in 1970. In 1938 she married Charles Thomas Harrelson and to this union were two children, Shirley Ann and Charles Thomas Jr. In 1948 she and the children moved to the Kansas City area where she was employed as supervisor of Inspection at Hallmark Cards. She worked there until 1961 when she moved to Falls Church Virginia where she married Elmer Meredith. They returned to Clinton in 1970 to make their home. Edna worked for Rival's for several years and during that time she joined the Business and Professional Women's Club which she was very active and was named Woman of the Year in 1979. In 1983 Edna retired to spend winters in Arizona. Elmer died in 1994.
Edna loved to dance and she met George Johnson at a dance at the Clinton Senior Center and they were married October 7, 1999 by Rev. Eager. George passed away in 2007.
Edna was a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary, VFW 1894 and a member of the Northeast Baptist Church and was very active at the Clinton Senior Center for 20 years.
Preceding her in death are her parents, her son Charles Thomas Harrelson, her daughter Shirley Ann and husband Don, sister Edith Riffel and husband Lavern, a grandson Terry Joe Miller and stepdaughter Darlene Dyer.
She is survived by a grandson Mark Miller (Joni), a stepdaughter Anne Horn (Brent), four great grandchildren –Amanda, Cody, Megan and Jenna. Four great great grandchildren – Kaylie, Emmalie, Hayden, and Raelynn, Linda Miller (Terry Joe's wife) and many nieces, nephews, and friends.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
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