Patricia Jane Jordan Johnson was born on May 25th, 1936 in Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She went to be with her Lord on September 19, 2024. Jane was the oldest of the four daughters of W. W. “Woody” Jordan and Ruth Sullivan Jordan.
The Jordan family moved to Houston, Texas in 1948. They attended OST Baptist Church where she met her future husband, Thomas Johnson whose family also attended. Thomas and Jane graduated from Houston’s Steven F. Austin High School in 1953. They were married at OST Baptist Church on January 30, 1954. They were married for fifty years until Thomas’s death in 2004.
Jane received her Master’s degree in English from Lamar University in 1993 at the age of fifty-seven. She taught English at Lamar State College in Port Arthur from 1994 until 2010. Thomas and Jane served at Calvary Baptist Church in Nederland, Texas from 1975 until 2000. After Thomas’s death, Jane continued to serve at Calvary Baptist Church until 2012 when she moved to Calder Woods Buckner Retirement Community in Beaumont, Texas. For as long as she was able, Jane was an active volunteer at Calder Woods organizing the prayer ministry, playing games with shut-in residents and playing the piano for church services. She was an avid reader and stayed busy sewing for residents and staff.
Jane is preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Thomas Wacey Johnson, Jr.; her daughter, Wanda Jane Johnson Corn; her father, W. W. “Woody” Jordan; her mother, Janie Ruth Sullivan Jordan Johnson; and sisters, Laquetta Dawn Jordan Westerman and Tommye Ellen Jordan Owings.
Jane is survived by one sister, Rachel Sullivan Jordan Taylor; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Johnson Pulliam, husband Tony Pulliam; one son, Thomas Wacey Johnson, III, wife Lisa Johnson; son-in-law, Richard Kirk Corn; two granddaughters, four grandsons, 12 great-granddaughters and 6 great-grandsons.
Jane's life will be honored with services on September 27, 2024, beginning with visitation at 1:00 PM, followed by the funeral service at 2:00 PM, at Melancon Levingston Funeral Home, 1605 Avenue H in Nederland, Texas. There will be a graveside service at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas.
In Lieu of flowers, the family welcomes donations to "The Gideons International" https://www.gideons.org.