Katherine Ann Nevins

Katherine was born on December 27, 1952, in Oildale, California, to Billie Thomas Edwards, and Leila Mae McWilliams. She spent her childhood in Mustang, Oklahoma, and graduated from Quinton High School. Katherine received a degree in horse production and management and worked in the transportation industry. She married Jackie B. Johnson in January of 1970 and later married Herb V Nevins on June 4, 1990, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Katherine had been a resident of Grand Junction for 36 years, but had also been a previous resident of Newcastle, Oklahoma. She loved going fishing and off-roading. Katherine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers and one sister.

She is survived by her daughters, LaNetta (Louis) Johnson, and Rebecca (Eric) Cass, both of Grand Junction; her son, Christopher (Jacque) Trent of Grand Junction; brothers, Glen “Tommy” Edwards of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, and Henry (Sharon) Johnson of Grand Junction; sisters, Neva Owens of Tuttle, Oklahoma, and Sharon Hodges of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

The family will hold a celebration of life at a later date.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glint on snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain,

I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush,

I am in the graceful rush

Of beautiful birds in circling flight.

I am the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom,

I am in a quiet room.

I am in the birds that sing,

I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there. I did not die.