Anita
Kyle Johnston McClain
12/21/1922 - 8/24/2017
Long live God-given beauty that comes down and through and onto all of
us. Anita Kyle Johnston McClain passed into the care of the Lord on
August 24, 2017. She was the beautiful only child of Roy Lee and Lorena
Good Johnston. Born in Carrollton Texas on Dec. 21, 1922, she was a
granddaughter of FM and Adelia Elizabeth Good, one of other pioneer
families who settled Dallas County. Some of her favorite memories were
of holiday and family gatherings in Carrollton, and pastoral picnics
with her mother’s sister, "Auntie" whom she adored. She grew up in Lone
Oak Texas, where she rode her golden pony Sunray to school, galloping
all the way. In later years she played piano and performed with an
accordion band made up of young ladies from this area. She attended TCU
and worked at Majors Field during World War II. On her first date with
Jimmy McClain, he informed her that he was going to marry her, and they
married on September 5, 1947. They were members of Kavanaugh UMC for
many years.
Together Anita and Jimmy raised three daughters, DeDe, Carol, and
Andrea. They instilled the family with their own boundless curiosity and
appreciation for art, literature, music, and nature. Both Anita and
Jimmy appreciated fine wines and cuisine, and were accomplished cooks.
Interesting conversations about literature, music, and art over dinner
at a well-set table were daily fare. As their girls grew, Anita and
Jimmy traveled, building collections of diverse and beautiful objects
that they loved. Anita painted, sculpted, and made astonishingly
delicious bread. Gardening and decorating were her passions, and no wild
birds went hungry in HER yard. She welcomed an almost endless parade of
dogs, cats, horses, budgies, canaries, ducks, and calves into her care
and taught her girls to do the same. Needlepoint, knitting and sewing
projects were always in progress by her chair. She was a member of Spade
and Trowel Garden Club, loved bridge, and loved playing Shanghai with
dear friends. Her determination was boundless and her zest for life was
an inspiration to everyone who met her. She will be dearly missed.
Preceded in death by her husband, Anita is survived by daughter DeDe
Oxley and husband Gary, daughter Carol Craver and husband Jim, and
daughter Andrea and husband Ray Howell. Her grandchildren are Stacy Bobo
and husband Jason, Nathan Oxley and fiancée Chely Morillo, Carri Craver,
and Brandon Craver and wife Vinka, Elizabeth Ibarra and husband Xavier,
Catherine Tucker and husband Dustin, and Amanda Rasch and husband Cory.
Great-grandchildren are Jaden and Kade Bobo, Camillo Craver, Veronica
Ibarra, Hayden Ibarra, Jaxon Ibarra, Allison Ibarra, Bronc Tucker,
Cayson Rasch, Cannon Rasch, Caroline Rasch, Brandon Howell Jr. , Valarie
Howell, Daisy Howell and Benjamin Howell. It was her wish that in lieu
of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Kavanaugh United
Methodist Church or The Cause For Paws.Coker-Matthews Funeral
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