July 9, 2021
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House of Mirth (Woodson Research Center)
Helen Morgan Johnson (1939-2021):
On June 14, Helen Morgan Johnson passed away. A native Pennsylvanian, she graduated from Rice in 1961 cum laude with her future husband, Gaylord Johnson. Together they raised three sons and she “developed into a successful amateur tennis player and teaching professional”. Divorced in the mid ‘70s, she earned a Master of Education from UT in 1986 and a MA in English from UH in 1994 and she taught English and the tennis team at Del Valle HS in Austin. Later in life, she was devoted to her six grandchildren. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.