Nettie Louise Johnson

Nettie Louise Johnson was born on Oct. 5, 1926, to Fred Larkin Johnson and Helen (Marsh) Johnson at their farm home near Mt. Vernon.
As a youth she was saved, baptized, and a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon.
Johnson attended Mt. Vernon schools and graduated with the class of 1944.
After school, she moved to Springfield, where she was employed at Producers’ Creamery Co.
On Sept. 11, 1945, she married Earnest Leroy Peters in Cotter, Ark. Two years later, son Michael Leroy Peters was born.
They moved to Lebanon, in 1949, due to Leroy’s job transfer with Producers’ Creamery. There, in 1952, daughter Pamela Sue was born.
In 1961, the Peters’ family was transferred to Cabool, and Louise went to work at Cartwright Dental Clinic as a dental assistant. She was employed there until Leroy was transferred to the facility in Springfield. (now known as Dairy Farmers of America).
Following her husband’s death in 1975, Louise went to work for Dr. James Reynolds DDS and later his son Dr. Bob Reynolds DDSuntil her retirement in 1991.
Johnson passed away in her home on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, with family at her side.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband of nearly 30 years, five brothers: Harold, Jim, Paul,
Kenton and Jerry Johnson; and four sisters, Dortha and Marcella Joihnson, Cordelia Wiehe, and Mary Anderson.
Surviving her are son Mike Peters, Springfield, daughter Pamela (Jim) Beller, Cabool, one grand daughter Ava Leslie (Shane) Patterson, Springfield; and three great-grandchildren, Ava, Maguire, and Sadie Patterson of Springfield; one brother Marshall Johnson of Pasco Robles, Calif., along with a host of other relatives and loved ones.
PerJohnson's request, no visitation or services are planned. Cremation is under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North, with burial at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield.
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