Linda Johnson's Obituary
Life Legacy
Linda N. Johnson, after a lengthy illness, expired May 14, 2017 at the Circle of Life Hospice, Springdale, Arkansas. Ms. Johnson was a 1965 graduate of the University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas and Sparks Hospital Medical Technology School, Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ms. Johnson, at the time, scored the highest score ever recorded, on the National Medical Technology Registry Examination. Ms. Johnson also attended the University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, Texas and Texas A&M University, College Station and Galveston, Texas. During her professional life Ms. Johnson worked in innumerable medical labs and was senior head of a private medical laboratory in Dallas, Texas. Later, she was Head, Chemistry Department, the Marine Military Academy, Harlingen, Texas. At the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, she was an Advancement and Development administrative associate, during the Academy’s $25,000,000 Capital Campaign. A forty-five year member of PEO, Ms. Johnson had been an active member of several PEO Chapters across the width and breadth of the nation. Most recently she was a member of the PEO Chapter BH, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Ms. Johnson is survived by her husband, James and four children, Jay Patterson, James Johnson, Robert Johnson and Sharon Patterson, and a brother, Jerry D. Nichols. An Episcopalian and member of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas, a Memorial Service will be held at Saint Paul’s at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, June 24. Ms. Johnson, requested no flowers, but if so inclined, suggested a Memorial Gift to the University of the Ozarks, 415 College Street, Clarksville, Arkansas 72830. Commitment invitation, will take place later in the Fayetteville National Cemetery.
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