Lucille Johnson Baxter, 95, Spottsville, passed away at 8 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2016, at Redbanks Nursing Home.
Lucille attended Spottsville Baptist Church for well over 50 years until her health declined. She was lovingly cared for at home for several years by her children Barbara, Lloyd, and Rick, her grandson, Ryan, and her special neighbors, Betty Pfingston and Bettie Bonnell.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Glendon Marshall Baxter; her parents, Luther M. and Viola Johnson; four sisters; four brothers; and one granddaughter.
Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Whitman of Robards and Vivian Roos and her husband, Jim, of Westminster, Colorado; three sons, David Baxter and his wife, Doris, of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, Lloyd Baxter and his wife, Helen, of Zion, and Richard Baxter and his wife, Jane, of Newburgh. She is also survived by the grandson she raised, James David Baxter and his wife, Becky, of Converse, Texas. Other surviving grandchildren include Glen Baxter, John Baxter, Janice Baxter, Marshall Baxter, Jeremy Baxter, Tom Beckett, Brian Whitman, Jessica Osborne, Michael Roos, Ty Baxter, Ryan Baxter, and Erin Krynen. Additional survivors include her many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren as well as her special friend of more than 60 years, Virginia Spainhoward of Spottsville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. Her grandson, the Reverend Brian Whitman, will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Anthony's Hospice or Spottsville Baptist Church.
The nurses and staff at Redbanks have provided extremely good care for Lucille for almost three years, and the family wishes to thank them. They loved Lucille, and she loved them. Thanks also go out to St. Anthony's Hospice.