NAME: BILL NORMAN JOHNSON, AGE 66, LONGTIME WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT

BORN: NOVEMBER 2, 1936 AT RINGOLD, OK TO WILLIAM LOUIS AND VERDA VIOLA (JONES) JOHNSON.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 2003 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 66 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.

EDUCATION: BILL ATTENDED PINE BELT SCHOOL IN PUSHMATAHA CO., OKLA, VINELAND ELEMENTARY, SUNSET ELEMENTARY, AND ARVIN HIGH SCHOOL, ALL IN CALIFORNIA.

OCCUPATION: BILL WAS A RETIRED GROCER AND RANCHER.

MARRIED: BILL MARRIED JOYCE HELEN STONE ON FEBRUARY 14, 1970 IN LAS VEGAS, NV.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE AND THE KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MOUNTED SHERIFF'S POSSE.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: JOYCE JOHNSON OF THE HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK.

SONS: ALLAN JOHNSON AND WIFE JENNIFER OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. MICHAEL TASOS AND WIFE VICKIE OF CUMMINGS, GA. MATTHEW TASOS OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. MARTIN TASOS AND WIFE VICKIE OF MADERA, CA.

DAUGHTERS: KIM HOLLAR AND HUSBAND RON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. TRACY COLLINS OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.

SISTERS: OLETA BIGGS OF MILBURN, OK. JIMMIE BISHOP OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. MARGARET MAGEE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.

BROTHER: OSBORNE JOHNSON OF MEHAMA, OR.

MOTHER-IN-LAW: WANDA STONE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: JIM STONE AND WIFE ANNE OF GARDEN GROVE, CA.

NIECE: JEFFIE CAROL MEEKS AND HUSBAND HUBERT OF DENISON, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WILLIAM AND VERDA JOHNSON. SISTERS: ANGELA WHISLER AND VERDA JO MERCHANT.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN BAKERSFIELD, CA AT A LATER DATE.

INTERMENT: BOLD SPRINGS CEMETERY ~ FILLMORE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES PITTS.