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Mary Lane Johnson On Sunday, February 6, 2000, Mary Lane Johnson passed on to be with our Lord. Mary was born April 5, 1911 on a ranch five miles southeast of Gomez, Texas. Her parents were Joe James Lane and Nora Jane Seitz Lane. At age five, she moved to the Nine Ranch, northwest of Tatum, NM. She was home-schooled until she entered public school in Roswell, New Mexico. Mary graduated from Roswell High School, attended two years of college at Sullins in Bristol, Virginia and one year at A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She married Carl Asbury Johnson, Jr. of Roswell on November 12, 1933. She became her life partner and best friend, sharing fifty-four years of married life, until his death on July 6, 1987. In 1939, Mary and Carl began their ranching life when they moved to the Diamond & a Half Ranch, Jal, New Mexico. They added to their ranch holdings when they brought the Hackberry Ranch northwest of Tatum and continued ranching throughout their married life. Mary home-schooled her children at the ranch until 1942 when the Johnsons made Lovington, New Mexico their home town. Mary belonged to the Old Round-Up Dance Club, the 1927 Bridge Club and was a Pink Lade with the Nor-Lea Hospital Auxiliary. She was honored by being named Auxiliatian of the Year for 1993. She was a charter member of the P.E.O. Chapter AJ and served as President from 1961-1962. Mary was a member of the First United Methodist Church and of the New Mexico Cattle Growers. Mary was preceded in death by her beloved granddaughter, Melanie Johnson. Mary is survived by two children, Janora J. Bilbo of Wickenburg, Arizona; a son, Carl Lane Johnson and daughter-in-law, Barbara Weaver Johnson of Tatum, NM; four grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews, including Shirley Brown. Mary was the kind of woman you could talk to, hold on to, count on and laugh with. We will miss her strong presence but will always carry her wisdom and love in our hearts. Funeral Services for Mary Johnson will be Tuesday, February 8, 2000 at 2:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Jarrod and Justin Johnson of Tatum, NM, nephews, Charles A. Brown, Edmond, Oklahoma, Neil Brown III, Edmond, Oklahoma, Clark Wood, Jr., Slaton, Texas, Joe Wood, Amarillo, Texas, Joe J. Lane, Phoenix, Arizona, Charles Beeson (Doc) Lane, Phoenix, Arizona and Pete Thompson, Ruidoso, NM Mary would prefer that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to A.J. Chapter P.E.O. Scholarship Fund, Nor-Lea Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Fund, and the New Mexico Boys and Girls Ranch.
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