March 11, 1996

WANDA JOHNS

ORAN -- Wanda Estalee Johns, 61, of Oran died Friday, March 8, 1996, from injuries received in an accident. She was born Jan. 5, 1935, in Watts, Ark., daughter of Blain and Junia Otta Barnes Rains. She married Earl Johns on Dec. 27, 1952. Johns was a retired sewing machine operator for the Oran Hat Factory and also worked as an Avon salesperson. She was a former member of the Oran Park Board...

~Correction: This corrects mistakes in Sunday's version.

ORAN -- Wanda Estalee Johns, 61, of Oran died Friday, March 8, 1996, from injuries received in an accident.

She was born Jan. 5, 1935, in Watts, Ark., daughter of Blain and Junia Otta Barnes Rains. She married Earl Johns on Dec. 27, 1952.

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Johns was a retired sewing machine operator for the Oran Hat Factory and also worked as an Avon salesperson. She was a former member of the Oran Park Board.

Survivors are her husband; two sons, Richard Johns of Oran and Billie Johns of High Ridge; two brothers, Dwain Rains of Chaffee and Samuel Rains of Sikeston; two sisters, Vena Nelson of Yuba City, Calif., and Tula Eskew of Winona; and three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter and brother.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, with the Rev. Gary D. Teague officiating. Burial will follow at Williams Cemetery in Perkins.

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