Bertie Louise Franklin
- Born: 30 Jul 1932, Gatesville, Coryell, Texas
- Marriage: Sgt. Howard Elmer "Buddy" Johnson USAF Ret. on 11 May 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas 1
- Died: 8 Nov 2012, Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas at age 80 1
- Buried: Gatesville -Restland Cemetery, Coryell County, Texas 1
 Notes:
Louise was a major contributor to early research in Greathouse family genealogy. She had several articles published relating to her genealogy research. We thank her for her tireless work!
Louise descends from several early Texas pioneers, of whom five generations are buried in Coryell County, where she and Howard bought and renovated their ancestral family farmhouse in 1983. As a proud sixth-generation Texan and fourteenth-generation American, she was a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, William B. Travis Chapter; The Daughters of the American Revolution, Tankful Hubbard Chapter; United Daughters of the Confederacy, Albert Sidney Johnson Chapter; National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century Embassy Chapter; and National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812, Oliver Hazard Perry Chapter.
Details of her life include:
In May 1981, Louise graduated from Austin Community College with an associate of science degree in business administration. She was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Fraternity.
Bertie married Sgt. Howard Elmer "Buddy" Johnson USAF Ret., son of Elmer Franklin Johnson and Gladys Williams, on 11 May 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas.1 (Sgt. Howard Elmer "Buddy" Johnson USAF Ret. was born on 3 Mar 1928 in Corpus Christi, Texas.)
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