Jowelene Pritchett's Obituary
Born January 21, 1929 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas to Lester and Vera Johnson, Jowelene Johnson Pritchett spent her early childhood in Dallas, homesteading in a dirt dugout near Pie Town, NM during the depression and on a family farm in Lubbock before returning to Dallas. She would live the rest of her life in Dallas, other than a brief period in Corpus Christi. While attending Sunset High School, Jowelene was a recognized scholar belonging to the National Honor Society and receiving the Linz Pin, an award given annually to every high school student in Dallas with a grade average of ninety or above. She was on the yearbook staff, graduating from Sunset High School in 1946. Jowelene filled her life as a mother and homemaker for her three children and later worked full time in the accounting department for various local businesses. A lover of country music, Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline among her favorites, she was also a voracious reader of British mysteries and novels set in the Southwest. She had a love of the West, its deserts, its plateaus and the vastness of its open space. Jowelene passed away December 12, 2015 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas where she was born. Preceded in death by her parents, Lester and Vera Johnson, and her son, Michael Rand Pritchett, she is survived by her sister, Wanda Ladine Boyde; her daughter, Tanis Lea Hutchison and her husband, Louis; her son, Mark Carter Pritchett and his spouse, John Ellis; her granddaughter, Erin Collette Dilley and her husband, Daniel; her great-granddaughters, Kaylea Nicole Dilley and Maysen Collette Dilley; as well as nephews, great-nephews, great-nieces and cousins. Graveside Service will take place at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Restland Memorial Park, Garden of the Holy Family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Restland Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75243. In lieu of flowers, the family would request donations to the Baylor Health Care System Foundation. You may donate online at https://give.baylorhealth.com
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