Pauline B Johns

Pauline Johns, 91, Stroud resident, departed this life on Friday, August 4, 2017 in Stroud. Pauline was born in Tuskegee, Oklahoma on August 16, 1925. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie T. and Roxie V. (Cron) Brown. She received her formal education in the Bristow schools and graduated in 1944 from the Bristow High School. She continued her education at Central State College, now University of Central Oklahoma, and obtained her teaching certificate. She and Paul Thomas Johns were married on September 28, 1946 in Bristow and he preceded her in death on May 19, 2000. She began her teaching in the Milfay Schools teaching 3rd and 4th grade until 1948 when the eldest son, Paul, Jr. was born. She returned to teaching after finishing her Bachelor of Education Degree at East Central State University at Ada, Okla. She returned to the Milfay school district from which she was retired. Pauline loved God, reading, crocheting, basketball and football. She saw that the great grandchildren received a quilt from her during their senior year of high school. She and Paul were charter members of the Stroud Free Will Baptist Church which began in 1954 where she has remained a member and had served as its treasurer from inception until 2011. She loved her church and served it well teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and the Ladies Auxiliary until her health forced her to not be as active as she would have liked. She was a member of A. A. U. W. and Lincoln County Retired Teachers Association. Pauline is survived by her three sons, Paul T. and Randa Johns of Kendrick, Phil Johns of Stroud and Carl and Harriet Johns of Bartlesville; her 12 grandchildren, Jeff, Shane, Aubree, Matthew, Amber, Micah, Zachary, Leah, Ali and Caleb; 21 great grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Wanda (Johns) Sturm; numerous other relatives and lifelong friends. In addition to Paul, she was preceded in death by a son, David Johns in 2013; a great grandchild, Jake Johns in 2016; a daughter-in-law, Dana Johns in 2010; and two sisters and brothers, Maggie Donaldson, Lu Ella Glisson, Sonny Brown and Lonnie Brown. The Johns family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Parks Brothers Funeral Home in Stroud. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 11:00 AM, at the United Methodist Church in Stroud with Reverend John Tidwell officiating. Interment will follow at the Bristow Cemetery with Brother Tim Gillespie officiating. Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Stroud.