Graveside services for Johnnie Nell Rudd, age 74, of Bangs, Texas will be held 10 :00 AM Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Bangs Cemetery under the direction of the Heartland Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 PM Friday. Ms. Rudd passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017 in Abilene.

Johnnie was born on November 25, 1942 in Fort Worth, Texas to Johnny and Bernell McDaniels Williams and had been a resident of this area for the past 35 years moving here from Slaton.   During her working career she was a bookkeeper, jailer/dispatcher, housekeeping supervisor at Brownwood Regional and a housekeeping supervisor at the 4-H Center when she retired.  Even after retirement Johnnie returned back to work and was employed by the Early City Hall for several years. Johnnie enjoyed anything that her grandsons were involved in such as sports and theater. She will be greatly missed.

Survivors include her son Joe Rudd and wife Cindy; daughter Dawn Rudd Phelps; grandsons Colton and Chase Phelps, Joseph and Matthew Rudd; brothers Billy Williams and wife Linda, Gary Williams and wife Phyllis; sisters Brenda Deason and husband Lonnie and Shirley Williams; sisters-in-law Pansy Rudd, Nelda Rudd and Delene Perry and by numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ex-husband and friend Bennie Rudd, nephews Jimmy Dale Williams, Cody Deason and Vance Rudd and by brothers-in-law Deal Rudd and Charles Rudd.

Memorials may be made to St. Judes or the American Heart Association.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.heartlandfuneralhome.net