Johnnie Lee

Haygood Gainey

Our dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Johnnie “Nonnie” Gainey passed away on September 23, 2026, in Sweetwater, Texas. Johnnie was born on September 2, 1931, to Homer and Cautez Haygood in Lamesa, Texas, and was the fourth of their five daughters. The family moved to Lorraine and then to Colorado City, where Johnnie attended high school and graduated in 1949. During and following high school, Johnnie worked at Max Berman’s department store in Colorado City. She also worked at the Palace Theater selling movie tickets, where she met her future husband, Edwin “Bob” Lee Gainey. They married in 1950 and had three children: Eddie Gainey, Lana Lamon, and DeAnn Boyd.

Johnnie was a long-time member of First Baptist Church of Sweetwater, Texas. Johnnie volunteered at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater for 24 years and especially enjoyed working in the hospital’s gift shop. Before and during her time of declining health, her granddaughter Amanda provided her with loving care and attention. The family thanks the wonderful staff at Hoyt Court in Sweetwater where Johnnie spent her last few years. In addition, the family appreciates the special care Johnnie received from her team of private caregivers AKA her “Butterflies.”

Johnnie was preceded in death by her parents, three of her sisters, and by her husband, Bob. She is survived by her three children, sister Ethel Head, five grandchildren: Brandon Pope, Rebecca Pope (Matt), Amanda Francisco (Skip), and Bryan Boyd (Courtney) Sydnie Gossett, and  great-grandchildren: Blake Pope, Emery Pope, Kalab Francisco, Kyson Francisco, Brayden Boyd, Tristan Boyd, Avery Gossett, Drake Gossett ,Sterling Gossett and  Sadie Gossett, Gary Boyd ( Amanda & Bryans's Dad).

Services are scheduled for Monday, September 28, 2026, at noon at First Baptist Church of Sweetwater, Texas. Interment will follow at Westbrook Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home. A visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital Foundation in memory of Johnnie Gainey.