Obituary of Linda Gayle Johnston

Funeral services for Mrs. Linda Gayle Johnston are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Bro. Dalyn Helbling officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The visitation will be held Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Goldens.

Mrs. Johnston, a retiree of the Morehouse Parish School Board, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019, at the age of 65. She was a member of First Church of God in Bastrop.  Her grandchildren were her heart, and she was theirs!  She loved being around people, talking, storytelling, and she was always happy.

Mrs. Johnston is survived by her husband of forty-seven years, Tommy “Bo” Johnston; daughter, Nicole White and husband Damon of Bossier, LA; son, Brandon Johnston and wife Christina of Sterlington, LA; sisters-in-law, Becky Yates and Dee Yates of Bastrop, LA; brother-in-law, B.W. Johnston of El Dorado, AR; grandchildren, Kylie White, Brayden White, Addyson White, Kaitlynn Johnston, and Landon Johnston.

She is preceded in death by her parents, O.Z. and Herman Yates; brothers, Donald Yates and Shelby Yates; and sisters-in-law, Margie Faye McCrary and Betty Jean Linzay, and nephew, Stephen Ray “Goob” Yates.

Serving as pallbearers will be Scott Turner, Spence Turner, Brandon Wooten, Brayden White, Kegan Bretton, and Jeremy Rhodes.