Office: | Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 1, 2001 |
Term End: | February 18, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Len Sossamon |
Successor: | Kristin Baker |
Constituency: | 90th District (2001-2003) 74th District (2003-2005) 83rd District (2005-2019) 82nd District (2019-2020) |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Name: | Linda Kay Pennell |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1945 |
Birth Place: | Cabarrus County, North Carolina |
Death Place: | Kannapolis, North Carolina |
Education: | A.L. Brown High School |
Spouse: | Ronnie Johnson |
Occupation: | computer analyst, tax accountant |
Linda Kay Pennell Johnson (May 2, 1945 – February 18, 2020) was a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the state's 82nd district. She was a computer analyst from Kannapolis, North Carolina.[1]
Johnson graduated from A.L. Brown High School, in Kannapolis, North Carolina, in 1963. She served on the Kannaspolis City Board of Education from 1992 to 2000. She was first elected in 2000, defeating Len Sossamon, who was appointed to finish Richard Lee Moore's term. While battling cancer, she suffered multiple strokes and died in February 2020, while still in office.[2] [3] [4]