Linda Johnson

Jennie Linda Egan Johnson (82) of Hideaway, Texas, and formerly from Plano, Texas, passed away on the morning of February 10, 2025. Linda was born July 31, 1942, at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas, the only child to Phil Egan and Maxine Brant Egan. She loved flowers and gardening, fishing, frying and eating catfish, church, sewing, slot machines at the casino, dancing, and the Dallas Cowboys. She was an avid and excellent bridge player. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren, who brought her so much joy. She is remembered as someone with an easy smile and laugh with a wry sense of humor, bringing laughter with her comments. Many remember her as fun to be with. When Linda was growing up in North Little Rock, she and her best friend Patsy (Jennings) Dyer would put on productions along with other girls in the Corner Club where they would sing and dance in Patsy’s garage for friends and neighbors. Patsy’s dad built the stage, her mom made curtains out of bed sheets, and they both made the benches. They made a mic out of a broomstick with a canning jar ring at the top and painted it black. Patsy’s little brother was in a clown costume to entertain between “acts” so they could set up for the next scene. There was a beauty queen parading around in her swimsuit and many songs and dances! They sold tickets and divided the money among the Corner Club members. It was called the Corner Club because they met in the corner of their school playground during recess. They had so much fun together. She loved her church, First Baptist Plano, and Sunday School. When they moved to Hideaway, she fell in love with their new church home, New Harmony Baptist Church. If she wasn’t bragging about her church, she was bragging about something her children or grandchildren had done. When her mother became ill, Linda and Jerry took her in to care for her in her final years. Linda loved her family and many friends. She was a loving mother. When her two oldest girls were in high school, she would go to the football games just to see them march in the band. She would show up just before half time and go home right after! She begrudgingly went to all soccer and softball games. One of her sayings was, “Turn the light out!” Even a couple days before she passed, she harped on that one issue. The problem for us was her short-term memory. She couldn’t remember that she’d already told us! After her kids were grown, she began walking for exercise with her friend and neighbor, Thelma Latimer. They would meet up in the early morning hours, and as they walked, they found pleasure in clearing the streets of nails, screws, wires, etc., plus coins of various sizes and ages. Little did they know it is illegal to walk in the street when there is a sidewalk provided. She and Thelma would laugh a good bit remembering their days of “crime.” She graduated from North Little Rock High School in 1960. She attended Arkansas State Teachers College and graduated from North Texas State University (North Texas University) in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. While in college she met her future husband, Jerry, at a football game. While dating, Linda took Jerry to North Little Rock to meet her parents. Jerry thought she had a sister named Jennie since Linda’s father kept talking about Jennie and not Linda. Linda’s father called her Jennie and her mother called her Linda. Linda and Jerry married on July 6, 1963. Linda had a long career at Texas Instruments and later Raytheon, where she was known for dressing to the nines! Her friend, Keri Ensey, nicknamed her Fancy for all of her nice clothes and how she carried herself. While working at Texas Instruments, Linda met Christine Guyton on “secretaries’ row” in the north building. Linda was the top dog secretary–all the other secretaries were under her instruction. She took her position at TI seriously, and she didn’t miss a trick, so to speak. She always found any error. Her relationship with Christine evolved into a beautiful friendship of 47 years. As a friend, Linda was so funny and a bit mischievous. She could joke, make funny faces, and she could dance! Christine loved to watch Linda and Jerry dance at her parties. Linda is survived by her husband, Jerry, daughters Stacy Hansard (Kevin), Dana Frank (Andrew), grandchildren Alex Scott (Brittany), Katie Frank, Hannah Scott, Philip Frank, Sarah Scott, and Taylor Aguirre (Xavier), and four great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her father, Phil, and mother, Maxine, and daughter, Amanda Scott. Serving as pallbearers will be Richard Estes, Andrew Frank, Philip Frank, Kevin Hansard, Alex Scott, and Don Walters. We will miss her immensely. Don’t worry, Mom, we’ll turn the light out.

Linda Johnson

July 31, 1942 - February 10, 2025