LAKE CHARLES ~ Mom passed away Sunday, April 24th at 1:30 p.m. in Tomball, TX. Judith was born August 15, 1939 to Eustis Guillory and Theresa O’Pry Guillory.
She married at a young age and had three children early in life. At the age of thirty Judith decided to follow in the footsteps of her mother and became a licensed practical nurse after graduating from T.H. Harris Vocational Technical School. After working a few years she then decided to further her nursing career and graduated from LSUE in 1976 as a registered nurse. She worked in the medical hospital setting until 1984 when she entered the field of psychiatric nursing which she continued in for twenty nine years. She retired from the prestigious Menniger Clinic in Houston, Texas in 2013.
Judith was preceded in death by her husband, David John Taggart, II and her former husband Stephen Johnson.
She is survived by her three sons, David John Johnson, Stephen T. Johnson and wife Cindy of Eunice, LA, Garland D. Johnson and wife Jo of Klein, TX; three sisters, Joan LaConte and Dan of Portland, OR, Janice Fontana and husband, Joseph of Lake Charles, LA, Janie (Pappy) Smith and husband Greg of New Iberia, LA; 6 grandchildren: Drake Johnson of Steamboat Springs, CO, Daniel Johnson of Memphis, TN, Cali Johnson of Eunice, LA, Stephen Johnson and wife Brittany of San Antonio, TX, Harrison Johnson and wife Joni, Ben Johnson, Quinton, all of Lafayette, LA, Jake Johnson and wife Ashley of Floresville, TX, Zachary Johnson of Ft. Worth, TX; 5 great-grandchildren: Aris and Hayden Rozas, Austin and Oliva Johnson and Jackson Johnson.
We love you Mom. Thy trials ended, thy rest is won. There will be a memorial ceremony at Consulota Chapel Cemetery, in Lake Charles, Saturday, May 21st, at 1:30 p.m.