Etta Sue Lindsey

Etta Sue Lindsey died March 5, 2015 at her residence. She was born May 3, 1935, near Gurdon, Arkansas. She was born in a sharecropper’s cabin. Her parents were Maston and Georgia Legate. Sue was the next to youngest of nine children. Times were very hard and money was scarce. At a very young age, her family moved to Idabel, OK, where they continued to do sharecrop farming.

Sue grew up around Idabel and went all twelve years of school in the Idabel School System. She always lived in the country and rode the school bus to school. At that time, country kids were considered as living on the wrong side of the track, so to speak.

Her mother died, when Sue was thirteen years old and she had to assume all of the household chores for her father and brother. The other siblings all had married and moved away, except the younger brother Jimmy. He had a medical problem and was sent to live at a boy’s school in Pauls Valley, OK and later to the State Hospital in Vinita, OK. Life was very hard on the farm and she had to keep up with her school lessons, along with all the household chores.

Sue married Billy Ray Lindsey, at the age of seventeen on July 26, 1952. Shortly after their marriage, Billy joined the US Air Force. His basic training was at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. After Billy finished basic training, she joined him at his next assigned duty station. Billy transferred to many different places throughout his twenty-seven years career, but they always stayed together, except when his overseas tours were remote. Some of the places they lived were South Carolina, Colorado, Oklahoma, Florida, Massachusetts and Turkey.

The Lord blessed Sue and Billy with three children, a boy and two girls. They named the boy Darrell Ray, the oldest girl LucretiaLynn and the youngest girl Cheryl Ann.

During Billy’s service career, Sue worked at various jobs. Her favorite jobs were the various accounting functions on the Air Bases. If she could not find an accounting job, she worked at various positions to help with the family finances.

Billy retired from the Air Force on July 1, 1973. They purchased land and moved to Corinth, MS. Billy farmed, raised cattle and went into the trucking business. She acquired a position as Accounting Supervisor and Office Manager for Larry James Oldsmobile-Pontiac- Cadillac dealership. Sue remained at the dealership for over twenty years, until it went out of business in 1996. After the dealership closed, she worked partime with the city and county schools, in the lunch department. Sue retired at the age of sixty-two.

Sue is a member of Oakland Baptist Church and is very active in several departments. She is devoted to her family. She enjoyed spending time with all the grandchildren and is always there for them.

Sue’s family will have a family memorial service at a later date.

Memorial may be made to Crossroads Baptist Church 1002 Bunch St. Corinth, MS. 38834 or to the American Cancer Society.

Condolences can be left at www.memorialcorinth.com

Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Etta Sue Lindsey