James Robert Johnson passed away peacefully on February 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.

He was born on July 29, 1929 in Fairfax, OK, and his family moved to Holdenville, OK

where he graduated from high school. He served during the Korean War in the

Armored Tank Division stationed in Germany from 1950 to 1952 and subsequently

graduated from Texas Tech University with a B. A. degree in geology in 1959.

He married Joyce Ann Dittberner of Panhandle, TX on April 23,1955 in White Deer, TX.

Jim and Joyce relocated several times during Jims career from Lubbock to Amarillo,

Dallas, Overland Park, KS, Barrington, IL and back to the Dallas area during his

successful career in sales and marketing for a major supplier to independent telephone

companies within the telecommunication industry. Finally, he and Joyce moved to

Keowee Key, SC in 1994 and after a few more years as a consultant he retired and

enjoyed having more time for golf, boating, fishing and picked up the art of carving

songbirds. Jim and Joyce returned to Dallas in the fall of 2014.

He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce of Dallas, son, Jay Kelly Johnson, a daughter,

Karla Jean Peterson both of Dallas, two granddaughters, Lauren Ashley Peterson of Washington, D.C., and Anne Katherine Peterson, also of Dallas, TX.

A celebration of Jims life will be held at CC Young, 4847 West Lawther Drive, Dallas,

TX 75214 in the East Lawther Building Chapel on the 2

nd Floor at 2:00 PM on Saturday,

February 13 with a reception immediately following.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the CC Young Benevolence Fund

https://www.ccyoung.org/giving-fundraising/donate-now/

or to Good Shepherd Hospice http://www.goodshepherdhospice.com/.