Deborah Johnston-Gaston

A visitation for Deborah Johnston-Gaston, 49, Lawrence will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She died August 28, 2015 at her home.

She was born March 7, 1966 in Ozark, Arkansas the daughter of Melton Gene Sampley and Margaret (Henry) Sampley Edwards.

She attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and University of Texas in Houston. She received her real estate license and also attended the Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Paris, France.

She worked as a real estate agent in Arkansas and was a medical assistant for Dr. Gaston in Lawrence. She also worked for Schlumberger International.

She was a member of FFA and was named the FFA Queen. She enjoyed her family, spending time golfing and snow skiing in Colorado.

She married Dr. Lawrence Gaston on May 18, 2002 in Big Cedar Lodge in Table Rock, Arkansas. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include her two daughters, Natalie Johnston of Kansas City, MO; Haley Johnston of Manhattan, KS; her mother Margaret Edwards and husband, Dale of Van Buren, AR; her grandmother, Minia Henry of Van Buren, AR; her brothers, Terry Sampley of Van Buren, AR; Stacey Sampley of Ft. Smith, AR; former mother-in- law, Norma Johnston of Pratt, KS; former brother-in-laws, Patrick Johnston of Leawood, KS and Michael Johnston of Pratt, KS. She was preceded in death by her father, Melton Sampley and her late husband, Kelly Johnston.