Margilee Johns Rozell

Services for Margilee Johns Rozell, 77, of Tyler, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. James Batton and Benny Walker officiating. Burial will be at Mason Cemetery in Arp.

Mrs. Rozell died Jan. 16, 2007, at Hospice HomePlace. She was born Oct. 11, 1929, in Arp to the late Bascom and Genia Johns. 

She wrote for Children’s Magazine, Organic Gardening and several other agricultural magazines, as well as being a salesclerk at Dillard’s and a member of the Million Dollar Club for her outstanding sales.  Mrs. Rozell was an avid gardener and member of Pleasant Retreat United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Bruce Rozell of Tyler; son, Kim Rozell of Tyler; brothers, Russell Johns and wife Linda of Wharton; Wendell Johns and wife Sue of Mineola; sisters, Dale McCorkle;  and Terry Northcutt and husband Roy Olan, both of Jacksonville.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701.

 

Information from the Jacksonville Daily Progress.