Linda I. Smith, 81, died on Sept. 28, 2021, at Baylor Scott & White Round Rock.
Funeral services for Linda will be at Sneed Funeral Chapel on Oct. 4 at 2 p.m., with interment to follow at Gillum Cemetery in Oakalla. Visitation will be prior to the service from 1-2 p.m.
Linda was born on May 30, 1940, in Alice. She attended some Lampasas schools but graduated from high school in Panama while her stepfather was deployed with the military.
She married Gaylon G. Smith at the Methodist Church in Oakalla in 1959, and they were married until his death in 1989.
Linda loved holidays, especially Christmas, and she always was the host for Christmas and Thanksgiving celebrations each year. She also enjoyed gardening, ranching, puzzles, crocheting, traveling and genealogy.
Linda also enjoyed watching sports and kept up with all the statistics, especially in golf, NASCAR and football. While her children were in school, she was involved with their activities and was a leader of 4-H.
Professionally, Linda worked most of her career in banking. She started as a secretary to the president and worked her way up to vice president of Hood View Credit Union, retiring in 2001 after close to 25 years.
Linda was preceded in death by her husband, Gaylon G. Smith; and siblings Arlene and Biddy.
Survivors include her daughter, Gay Lynn Lancaster; son, Jesse Smith (Leslie); grandchildren Riley, Aspen (Rico), Alicia (Todd), Anissa, Stormie and Ashley; and greatgrandchildren Kalyn, Kenzie, Bryson, Brayden, Weston, Wyatt, Walker, Delilah, Jaxon, Cypress, Wolf, Halen, Kemry and Easton.
