Gone Too Soon

About the Author Johnnie Mae Newsome-Lewis was born and grew up in a small country town in Chappell Hill, Texas. Her parents and church family taught her about Christ and receiving salvation, and she accepted Christ at the age of thirteen. She attended junior high school in Chappell and later transferred to Brenham, Texas, where she graduated from Pickard High School as valedictorian of her class. Later, she moved to Houston, Texas, worked, and got married. She has two daughters, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. She attended Commonwealth College of Science and worked at Baylor University as a research technician. She later attended real estate school and became a licensed real estate saleslady. She and her husband also owned a delivery service. After several careers, she attended nursing school and retired as a nurse in 2010 after the death of her husband. Johnnie loves nonfiction books and writing short poems. Her passion is cooking. After the death of her husband, she lives with one daughter and her family and enjoys cooking for them and others. She is looking forward to completing and publishing her second book, a cookbook.