Round Rock Edition | April 2023

HISTORY

BY BROOKE SJOBERG

1984

From left: Keith Lindell, Johnny Lindell and Kevin Lindell all worked at the Chevron station.

COURTESY KEVIN LINDELL

2022

Johnny Lindell (center) often sat and chatted with visitors at the picnic tables on the premises of the Chevron station he owned.

From left: Kevin Lindell, Johnny Lindell, Leland Dawson, Keith Lindell and Allen Bunch were xtures at the gas station.

COURTESY KEVIN LINDELL

Johnny's Gas Station Local business owner Johnny Lindell’s legacy of service remembered A fter 42 years of operation at 2415 N. I-35, Round Rock, the Chevron fuel station everybody that came in that door. He didn’t care if he knew them or had never seen them before.” As the city’s expansion pushed

COURTESY JUAN C. PEREZ

STATION HISTORY Lindell owned the Chevron station in Round Rock for more than four decades.

1980 : Gas station opens

the family decided to ocially close the gas station, auto shop and Uhaul dealership on the property as Johnny’s health declined. Johnny died just before the sta- tion closed, and now the owners of the neighboring Hyundai dealership lease the property. Kevin said the station had many long-term employees, including Marshia Bible, who acted as the station’s secretary. She also kept meticulous records, ensuring both the business’s success and a smooth transition when it closed. But even with the station staed with employees, Johnny still had his hand in everything. “He loved to run the cash regis- ter,” Keith said. “He loved to talk to

1995 : Lindell family purchases property

owned by Georgetown native Johnny Lindell closed its doors in July 2022. It was through the ownership of the Chevron station, that was a Gulf station until 1995, for more than four decades that the Lindell family established a legacy of care and a prominent gathering spot for many customers in Round Rock. From 1980-2022, multiple generations of the Lindell family worked there, including Johnny’s sons, Keith and Kevin Lindell, and Kevin’s son, Trevor Lindell. The Lindell family began leasing the property in 1980 before pur- chasing it in 1995, and Kevin said

business northward, Kevin said the Chevron station became a social spot for employees of neighboring businesses. When Johnny acquired an on-premises beer license, an unocial happy hour drew locals to the picnic tables on the property for an informal daily hangout. Johnny’s friends and family mem- bers remember him as a dedicated man who loved his customers and his gas station, even showing up to work on Christmas. “It would have killed him to see it go,” Kevin said. “And he didn’t have to see it go.”

July 2022: Gas station closes

August 2022: Johnny Lindell passes away

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