Linda I. Smith

Linda I. Smith, 81, passed away on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at Baylor Scott and White Round Rock.

Funeral services for Linda will be at Sneed Funeral Chapel on Monday, October 4, 2021, at 2 pm with interment to follow at Gillum Cemetery in Oakalla.  Visitation will be prior to the service on Monday at Sneed Funeral Chapel from 1-2 pm.

Linda was born May 30, 1940, in Alice, TX.  She attended some schooling in Lampasas but graduated high school in Panama while her step-father was deployed with the military.  She married Gaylon G. Smith at the Methodist Church in Oakalla in 1959 and they were happily married for 30 years until his passing in 1989.  

Linda loved holidays, especially Christmas and she was always the host for Christmas and Thanksgiving each year.  She also enjoyed gardening, ranching, puzzles, crocheting, traveling, and was big into genealogy.  Linda also enjoyed watching sports and kept up with all the stats, especially golf, Nascar, and football. While her kids were in school she was very involved with them and was a leader of 4-H.  Professionally Linda worked most of her career in banking and 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 parents; husband, Gaylon G. Smith; siblings, Arlene and Biddy.

Survivors include her daughter, Gay Lynn Lancaster; son, Jesse Smith (Leslie); grandchildren, Riley, Aspen (Rico), Alicia (Todd), Anissa, Stormie, Ashley; great-grandchildren, Kalyn, Kenzie, Bryson, Brayden, Weston, Wyatt, Walker, Delilah, Jaxon, Cypress, Wolf, Halen, Kemry, and Easton.