Leema Jay (Johnson) DeWitt

Leema Jay Johnson DeWitt was born on November 9, 1963 to Londo Earl Johnson and Annie Littrell Bardeleben. Leema went home to her Lord and Savior on October 13, 2024 surrounded by her family. Leema was born in Lubbock Texas where she attended elementary. Her family moved to Austin and she attended Lamar junior high and graduated in 1982 from McCallum High School. Leema worked with her Mom and stepdad cleaning swimming pools. She accepted Christ as her savior and was baptized under the Montopolis Bridge in Austin Texas.  Leema was a member of Austin first church of the Nazarene and did secretary work for a short time. She had a passion for drawing and drew a big longhorn at the bottom of the pool for one of the UT basketball coaches. She also worked for Mcgee pools and then for Austin Diagnostic Clinic for 13 years in medical records. Leema moved to Midland Texas in 2006. There she worked for GMAC

 and McConaughey Veterinarian Clinic. She moved to Little Oklahoma in 2011 and worked for a short time at Davis correctional facility in medical records. Her son Timothy soon moved in with her in 2012 until his death in 2019. Leema spent the last few years drawing, sewing, beading. And enjoyed quilting with her aunt Leona. She is a member of the Tom Palmer band of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma. She absolutely loved animals and they loved her. The neighbor’s dogs would walk down the street and stay at her house on her porch. Leema was a kind hearted woman and took her aunt and cousins to appointments and loved attending the family events and dinners at her cousins. She wished to give thanks to Dr. Freeman at Freeman chiropractic in Holdenville Oklahoma, the chemo nurses Sarah, Cindy and Krystin at SSM health St. Anthony hospital in Shawnee Ok, Dr. Patel and Russell Gardner and the staff of Tx Oncology of Round Rock Texas and Jenkins funeral home for their assistance.

She is preceded in death by her father Londo Earl Johnson and step mother Joy Johnson, her step father Don Bardeleben, her sisters Anniece Pauline Johnson, Mammie Belle Graham and Linda Earline Johnson, her son Timothy Ray Graham and nephew Joseph Patrick Bardeleben.

Leema is survived by, her mother Annie Belle Bardeleben of Granite Shoals Texas, two sisters: Janice Gardner and husband Bobby of Granite Shoals Texas and Nancy Bardeleben and husband Joseph Bardeleben of Leander Texas, half sister Armanda Johnson of Wewoka Oklahoma, step-sisters Edith Young of Leander Texas, Karen Pavlick and husband Gary Pavlik of Garland Texas, step-brother Robert Bardeleben and wife Tammy of Dripping Springs Texas,  adopted sister Tawana and adopted brother Albert of Oklahoma, many loving nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be:

 Tony Miller, Steve Miller, Charlie Miller, Damon Cravens, Mike Miller and Jayce Cravens.

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