Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, October 10, 2013, at Dutton Funeral Home, Iowa Park, Texas, with Dr. Jon Eckstein, First United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, under the direction of Dutton Funeral Home. Visitation with family and friends will be held from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 9, 2013, in the Reception Room at Dutton Funeral Home.

Bobby was born January 11, 1935 in Magic City, Texas, to David Henry Johnson and wife, Ruth (Quarles) Johnson. He married Irene Delores Rankin on June 6, 1989 in Rexburg, Idaho. Bobby was a businessman and landowner. He was devoted to his family and a friend to all. He thrived on helping others any way he could.

Survivors include his mother, Ruth Johnson of New Caney; his wife, Dee Dee Johnson of Amarillo; son-in-law, Carroll Phipps of Iowa Park; son, Greg Johnson and wife, Stacy of Seguin; two stepchildren, Leddy Chancler and Nathan Olson of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Brad (Aimee) Phipps of Lubbock, Brandi (James) Booth of West Virginia, Mattie, Emily and Rebecca Johnson of Seguin; five great-grandchildren; brothers, H.C. Johnson and Doug (Linda) Johnson; and a sister, LaJuana (John) Vanek Scott.

He was preceded in death by his father, David Henry Johnson, brother, Darrell Johnson, former wife, Anita Johnson, and daughter, Kim Phipps.

  MAGIC CITY, TX.Magic City, on the North Fork of the Red River in west central Wheeler County, developed when oil was discovered in the area in 1926. The name came from the fact that after the discovery, oil derricks multiplied as if by magic. In 1930, after the boom declined, a population of only 150 remained at the community. In 1932 the Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway arrived, and Magic City became a shipping point for cattle and wheat. The post office, established in December of that year, was originally named Exum, after local pioneer Frank Exum. By 1935 the oil derricks had disappeared almost as quickly as they had appeared because the wells were shallow and easily exhausted. A drop in the price of oil and the discovery of the East Texas oilfield also contributed to this sudden decline. In 1947 the settlement had a school, a church, two stores, and a population of 100. Over the next thirty years the town was gradually abandoned. Its post office closed in 1954, and in 1970 the railroad line through Magic City was discontinued. A year later only the church and one business remained.  FROM THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HANDBOOK