CLEO JOHNSON HAZEL CLEO "MO-MOM" JOHNSON, 89, PASSED TO HER ETERNAL REWARD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008, WHILE RESIDING AT THE MABEE CENTER AT MANOR PARK. CLEO WAS BORN TO MARY ANNIE MONTGOMERY AND HENRY C. HUNTER ON AUGUST 18, 1918 IN SULPHUR ROCK, ARKANSAS. ORPHANED AT THE AGE OF 2, CLEO WAS REARED IN ARKANSAS AND TEXAS BY VARIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS. ON DECEMBER 7, 1938 SHE MARRIED NOEL E. JOHNSON IN LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON OCTOBER 31, 2003. VALEDICTORIAN OF COAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935, CLEO RECEIVED HER UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES FROM SUL ROSS STATE COLLEGE IN 1961 AND 1968 RESPECTIVELY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF KAPPA DELTA PI AND ALPHA CHI HONORARY SOCIETIES. CLEO TAUGHT FOURTH GRADE FOR THE FORT STOCKTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 27 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1983. SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER WORK AS AN EDUCATOR AND CARED DEEPLY FOR HER MANY STUDENTS. CLEO AND NOEL WERE LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF FORT STOCKTON, TEXAS. AFTER RETIREMENT, THEY LIVED IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS RESORT, BEFORE MOVING TO IRION COUNTY TO BE NEAR FAMILY. IN 2000, THEY RELOCATED TO MIDLAND. CLEO IS SURVIVED BY SONS, NOEL D. JOHNSON AND WIFE SALLY OF IRION COUNTY AND NORMAN L. JOHNSON AND WIFE LOUANN OF MIDLAND; GRANDDAUGHTER, KAYLA ROGERS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF MIDLAND, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, BRENNAN AND HANNAH ROGERS, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. AS THE LAST SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBER OF HER GENERATION, CLEO WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, SISTERS, MAE RAY, MERLE RUNYAN, MILDRED WHITE, PEARL GLEGHORN COOK, AND BROTHERS- AND SISTERS-IN-LAW. A MEMORIAL GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY 9 A.M. AT RESTHAVEN MEMORIAL PARK, OFFICIATED BY FATHER JONATHAN HARTZER OF CHRIST CHURCH MIDLAND. SERVICES ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NALLEY-PICKLE & WELCH FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY. THE FAMILY WISHES TO THANK DR. RAJ PATEL, DR. ROBERT VOGEL, AND THE STAFF OF SADDLERIDGE LODGE AND CARE PARTNERS. SINCERE APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO THE STAFF OF HOME HOSPICE AND MANOR PARK WHO PROVIDED SUCH SPECIAL LOVING CARE. MEMORIALS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OR THE CHARITY OF CHOICE.ARRANGENMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NALLEY-PICKLE & WELCH FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY OF MIDLAND. ONLINE CONDOLENCES CAN BE MADE AT: WWW.NPWELCH.COM,
