Nancy Lorene Johnson

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3605043_wlppServices for Nancy Lorene Thompson Johnson will be held 2 pm Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Carter officiating. Burial will follow in the Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

There will be a family visitation from 6 pm to 8 pm on Friday, February 19, 2016 at Brownfield Funeral Home.

Nancy passed Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Lubbock. She was born November 14, 1949 in Midland to C.M. “Red” Thompson and Lauragene Lands. Nancy graduated from Pecos high school and attended South Plains College and Sul Ross University. She married Wayne Johnson on November 1, 1974 in Brownfield. Nancy ran a daycare out of her house and was the Director of Small Miracles Daycare for 12 years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a Chaplain for the Permian Basin Firefighters Association, a Sunday school teacher, helped with the nursery at Calvary Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church, and was mother of the year for 44 consecutive years.

Everyone fondly called her Lady. She loved Jesus, was a huge influence on those seeking God, had a infectious laugh, great smile, and a big hug for everyone whether they wanted one or not. Nancy loved her children, grand and great grandchildren. She felt their pain like it was hers and their joy like it was her own. She lived her life to be a witness for Christ. She was Christ driven, children focused, smart, whimsical, and witty. Nancy is preceded in death by her father, C.M. “Red” Thompson, mother and father-in-law, Ola Mae and Arlie Ray Johnson, and brother, Andrew Milton Thompson.

Nancy is survived by her husband, Wayne Johnson; daughter, Laura Davis and wife, Natalie, of Capitan, NM; son, Jason Johnson and wife, Lisa, of Wolfforth; 6 grandchildren, Jayli Wain Johnson, Justin Davis, Sara Eisenberg, Kristen Eisenberg, Cason Johnson, Cayne Johnson; one great grandchild, Sevy Johnson; her mother, Lauragene Lands ; three sisters, Rebecca McWhirter of Midland, Pat Tucker and husband, Don, of Midland, Marjorie Cannon and husband, Jim, of Yantis; brother, Tony Thompson of Midland, and numerous nieces and nephews.

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