Euell Dee Johnson

Euell Dee Johnson February 9, 1923 September 2, 2011 Euell Dee Johnson passed away Friday, September 2, 2011. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 6, at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, September 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Garden Room at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Burr was born February 9, 1923, to John Euell and Alta Dee Conger Johnson, in Hillcrest Hospital. He was a WWII Naval Tail Gunner and a farmer. He married Mildred Elizabeth Buice in 1943, and they had one son, Randee Buice, in 1943. Burr ran a dairy in Bosqueville and became owner of Service Feed Mill in 1957. He sold the feed mill in 1981 and retired. In 1980, he met and married Dorothy Stafford Phillips with whom he enjoyed 31 happy years. His hobbies were softball; fishing, especially for big, yellow catfish; and skeet shooting. He is a former member of the Waco Gun Club and Bosqueville Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Mildred Elizabeth Buice; and step-son, Michael Phillips. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; son, Randee Buice Johnson, and wife, Sue, of China Spring; step-daughter, Leshia Nell Johnson of Jupiter, FL; and niece, Lynn Ferguson-Cash, of Waco. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to your favorite charity. The family invites you to leave a message or a memory in our "Memorial Guestbook" at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey