Linda Lou McLaughlin

Linda McLaughlin passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Family andfriends will gather to celebrate her life of 72 years at 4:00 pm onMonday, August 5, 2019, followed by a reception at LakeRidge UnitedMethodist Church Wesley Chapel. A tribute of Linda's life may be foundat www.memorialdesigners.net, where you may leave memories andexpressions of sympathy for her family.Linda was born on October 19, 1946 to the late Wilson and Lou Ellen(Brown) Collins in Brownfield, TX. She graduated from BrownfieldHigh School and attended South Plains College and Texas TechUniversity. She married Dale McLaughlin on September 11, 1981 inNew Mexico and he preceded her in death. Linda and Dale ownedMac’s Old’s-Pontiac-GMC and enjoyed the car business together untiltheir retirement in 1999. Linda was a member of LakeRidge UnitedMethodist Church and the Singles Sunday School Class, the New Chickson the Block bowling team, the Wine Widows and the Alto CountryClub in New Mexico. She volunteered for Lubbock Meals on Wheels.Linda enjoyed many hobbies including golf, pickleball, mahjong,knitting, and puzzles.Survivors include her daughters, Stephanie Massengale and husband,Steve of Lubbock; Lisa Moseley and husband, Darrell of Argyle; DarlaCox of Highland Village, and Sharla Bevers and husband, Mark ofLubbock; grandchildren, Audrey Massengale, Tanner Moseley, TaylorWilliams, Anthony Bevers, Aaron Bevers, Erika Bevers, Katy Coulter,and Connor Cox; great-grandchild, Blake Bevers; and brother, RichardCollins and wife, Luan of Lamesa.The family of Linda McLaughlin ask for contributions to be given inlieu of flowers to the American Cancer Society or Lubbock Meals onWheels in her memory.