Geneva Ova Johnson Obituary (1924 - 2021)

Geneva Ova Johnson, (96), passed away on June 15, 2021 in Huntsville, Texas. She was the wife of John James Johnson and shared 50 years of marriage together until his death in 1995. She remarried in 1998 to Roger Edgar Nelson and shared 13 years of marriage together until his death in 2011. Born in Taylor, Louisiana, she was the youngest daughter of William Martin Pecor and Sarah Maud Gamble. She graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Pan American University. She was employed at the Fort Worth School District and worked as a special education teacher. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Huntsville, Texas and had been a founding Nursery teacher/trainer at Glorieta Training Union Department of the Southern Baptist Convention. She enjoyed traveling and making friends all over the world through Friendship Force. She is survived by her son, John James Johnson Jr. and his wife Pamela Kay Johnson, grandchildren, Mary Cassandra Revia (Ike) and Elizabeth Anne Thompson (Andrew) and 4 great grandchildren. She donated her body to science so a memorial service will be scheduled in the future.