Evan Johnson

Evan James Johnson began life on Thanksgiving Day November 27, 1997 at 21 inches, 10 lbs. 14 oz. in Dallas, Texas and departed life 17 years later on December 20, 2014 at 6' 2 ", 150 pounds in Plano, Texas. He died unexpectedly while sleeping at home.
Evan is missed dearly by his parents, Leslie Cherryholmes and Jerry Johnson of Plano; brothers Skyler Johnson of Houston and Connor Johnson of San Antonio; uncles Scotty "Uncle Buck" Cherryholmes of Huntsville Texas and Lon Cherryholmes of Dallas; "aunt" Nina Allen of Chicago, Illinois; and cousins Nicole Johnson of Detroit, MIchigan and Lon Cherryholmes, Jr. of Dallas. Evan regarded his great aunt and uncle, June and Thad Busbice of Raleigh, North Carolina as his grandparents.
Evan lived a short but full life. He traveled to numerous cities in the US including Houston, San Antonio, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Detroit, Orlando, Las Vegas, and New Orleans. His favorite place in the world away from home, though, was on the beach on Topsail Island, North Carolina. He and his family vacationed there almost every year of his life. He loved to swim in the ocean and play on the beach.
Evan was a natural athlete. As a young child he played baseball, basketball, soccer, and football. Basketball became his favorite sport and he continued playing up until the time of his death. Evan was truly in his element on a basketball court. He was very fortunate to play on teams with some of his best friends for many years.
Many knew Evan on XBOX as Euphoric Divine playing NBA2K14, Dragon Age, and other games for hours on end. In addition to video games Evan was an avid music fan, listening to music and attending concerts and festivals.
Academically, Evan was an outstanding student, as well as the class clown. In the fifth grade he had perfect scores on all his TAKS tests. In 2014 Evan graduated from the prestigious Plano Youth Leadership program. At the time of his death he had just completed the fall semester of his junior year at Plano Senior High School with a 3.9 GPA. Earlier in the week he had gotten his PSAT scores and he was in the 98th percentile in Math. He was very excited about the possibility of studying engineering at a top university when he graduated. He couldn't wait to start visiting colleges.
Evan was a young man of supreme confidence; never one to take anything too seriously. Able to find humor in every situation, he thought that he always had everything under control. Evan had dreams of greatness for the future, and we know he would have achieved them. We are very sad that he was taken from us much too early.
In lieu of flowers please make a donation to your favorite charity.
Friends are encouraged to share stories about Evan during the Evening of Remembrance scheduled for Tuesday December 23, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Allen Family Funeral Options.
A reception will be held afterwards at 3300 Terry Dr. Plano, TX.