Clare Ellen Whatley and Ben Collins Johnson

CLARE ELLEN WHATLEY, daughter of EVA ELECTRA STALEY and EMMETT GRAVES WHATLEY, was born February 25, 1898 in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas,¹¹⁷⁹³ and died September 17, 1984 in Dallas County, Texas.¹⁰⁵ She is entombed at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.⁴⁵⁶

She married BEN COLLINS JOHNSON on December 8, 1920 in Wichita County, Texas.⁶⁷³⁹ He was born March 1, 1900,¹⁴⁸⁶ and died June 8, 1981 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas.¹⁴⁸⁶ He is entombed at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of CLARE ELLEN WHATLEY and BEN COLLINS JOHNSON:

1. EVANELL JOHNSON, b. August 6, 1924, Dallas, Dallas, Texas;¹¹⁷⁹² m. EDMUND HENRY TRUSZKOWSKI; d. June 18, 2018, Odessa, Ector, Texas.¹¹⁷⁹²



Work History

Obituaries

Dallas Morning News, June 9, 1981¹³⁰⁸⁵

JOHNSON

Ben C., of Dallas. Retired in 1959 as a Structural Civil Engineer with Mobil Oil. Native of Dallas, TX. Survived by wife, Mrs. Clare W. Johnson, daughter, Mrs. E. H. (Evanell) Truszkowski, grandson, Ralph Edmund Truszkowski, brothers, Burt W. Johnson, Jr., Robert W. Johnson, all of Dallas; sisters, Mrs. R.C. (Martha) Booton, Mrs. Gwyn (Nell) Jones, both of San Antonio. Services 10 a.m., Wednesday, Restland Memorial Chapel, Rev. Daniel E. Bailey, officiating. Entombment Restland Abbey Mausoleum.

Dallas Morning News, September 18, 1984¹³⁰⁸⁶

JOHNSON

Clare Ellen, of Dallas. Widow of Ben C. Johnson. Retired after 26 years service as Research Assistant, Dallas Independent School District. Survived by daughter, Evanell J. Truszkowski, Farmers Branch; grandson, Ralph E. Truszkowski, Lubbock, TX. Services, 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Restland Memorial Chapel, Rev. Clyde Larrabee, Jr. officiating. Entombment, Restland Abbey Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to: Stevens Park Christian Church, 2527 W. Colorado, Dallas.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
May 21, 19104123	Hazel, Tillman, Oklahoma	Emmett Graves Whatley Eva Electra Staley Clare Ellen Whatley
January 15, 19204122	Electra, Wichita, Texas	Eva Electra Staley Clare Ellen Whatley
April 12, 19301666	Dallas, Dallas, Texas	Clare Ellen Whatley Ben Collins Johnson Evanell Johnson
May 2, 194013084	Edna, Jackson, Texas	Clare Ellen Whatley Ben Collins Johnson Evanell Johnson
April 8, 19501666	Dallas, Dallas, Texas	Clare Ellen Whatley Ben Collins Johnson Evanell Johnson