Shirleen Johnston

Shirleen C. Johnston

Services are scheduled at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at First Baptist Church for Shirleen Campbell Johnston, 1610 Sears Ave., Artesia, New Mexico.

Mrs. Johnston, 84, died Saturday, February 6, 2016 at San Pedro Nursing Center in Artesia.

Rev. Rick Sullivan will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons Cole Johnston, Stuart Johnston, Stephen Johnston and Lance Atkins and friends Jerry Terpening and Steve Willard. Visitation will be at Terpening & Son Mortuary beginning at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.

Shirleen was born January 3, 1932 in Fletcher, Oklahoma; the daughter of Idris O. Campbell and Wouida Waid Campbell.

On May 28, 1949 she was married to Warren T. Johnston in Albuquerque, N.M. They came to Artesia in 1950 from Farmington, N.M. Warren preceded her in death Nov. 17, 2008.

She was a 1950 graduate of Farmington High School. She was a homemaker and member of First Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her Husband Warren; by daughters Karen Denise Johnston and Donna Fay Dyas; and by brothers Thomas Eugene Campbell, Glenn Nelson Campbell, and Larry Waid Campbell.

Survivors include sons W. Dee Johnston and wife Ann of North Richland Hills, Texas and Ronald D. Johnston and wife Tammy of Artesia; grandchildren Haley Conard and husband Jess, Cole Johnston and wife Stephanie, Leslie Atkins and husband Lance, Stuart Johnston and wife Kyla, Stephen Johnston and wife Marivel, Allyson Roesch and husband Whit, Amy Dyas and Adam Dyas; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to First Baptist Church, 322 W. Grand Ave, Artesia, N.M.

Visitation

Terpening Son Mortuary
611 W. Grand Ave.
Artesia, NM  88210
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Service

First Baptist Church
322 W. Grand Avenue
Artesia, NM  88210
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
10:00

Cemetery

Woodbine Cemetery
200 E. Hermosa Drive
Artesia, NM  88210

Memorial Contributions

First Baptist Church
322 W. Grand Ave.
Artesia, NM  88210