Obituary of Johnnie Lee (Hussey) Stanton Prestidge 
Jonesboro Sun 
Wed, June 9, 1993 



MRS. PRESTIDGE 
   A graveside service for Mrs. Johnnie Lee Prestidge, 77, of Norman, Oklahoma ., will be held this 
morning at 10 in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Weiner, under the direction of the Gree Funeral HOme of Jonesboro. 
   A former resident of Harrisburg (this is wrong she lived out side of Waldenburg 4 miles), Mrs. Pretidge 
was a homemaker and a member of the United Methodist Church of Weiner. 
   Survivors include two sons, Mike Prestidge of Weiner, and James L. Stanton of Norman; one daughter, 
Margaret Widsom of Norman; two brothers, Sam Hussey and Raymond Hussey, both of Phoenix City, ALA.: 
11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
   Persons wishing to leave lasting memorials are asked to consider either the Weiner Cemetery or 
the Weiner Fire Department. 

***********************************************copied by Taryn L. Stanton Gowin of Oklahoma. 

family information on Johnnie 

Johnnie Lee Hussey b. 8:10 am, April 6, 1916 Coffee Co., to Johnny Lonzo Hussey and Emma Lee Wilks, 
both of AL.  Johnnie died 12:20 p.m. 9 June 1993 in Norman, Cleveland Co., OK regional hospital. 

Johnnie  m. James Horces Stanton Dec 24, 1931 Coffee County, AL. They divorced in AL in about 1941-45. 
They had three children of this marriage.  James Harold Stanton d. at birth about 1932-1935.  Still 
living are their son and daughter, James  of LA and Margaret of OK. 

Johnnie m. James Herman Prestidge date and place unknown.  They had two children of this marriage a son, 
Micheal Shay (still living) and Linda Sue (Prestidge) Stacy:  b. 3-17-1947 Fort Benning, GA 
d. 17 Feb. 1978 buried in Weiner Cemetery Poinsett Co, AR in a car accident.   
Linda, divorced, had three wonderful children, two boys and one girl before her death. 

Johnnie left her home on Rt 2 Box 170 Weiner ARK (about 4 miles out of Waldenburg and 8 miles out
 of Weinerk, ARK) and moved in with her son James and his wife, Carol Stanton in Norman, OK several 
years before her death.  Johnnie had fought with Cancer for years.  A strong women she enjoyed life 
and the people she called family and friends to the very end. 

Her tombstone reads: 
SHE MADE OUR HOUSE A HOME WITH LOVE 

Taryn 
grand-daughter of Johnnie Lee Hussey Stanton Prestidge