Louise Brown Lynd

Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1937, Louise played high school basketball for the Moss Point Tigers and was the town beauty queen, Miss Moss Point for the Fiesta of Five Flags. She married her childhood friend and high school sweetheart, Clarence Marshall “Pete” Lynd and was with him until his death in 2001. Their honeymoon began in Alexandria, LA with dad stationed in the Air Force. Soon, a job with Mobil Oil landed them in the Dallas suburb, Mesquite, TX where she raised her family. She had five children in eight years.

Louise lost her own mother when she was only 3 years of age. She spent her adult life mothering and giving the kind of love she missed. She always had room to love us all, sew Halloween costumes, heal boo-boo's, patch the slip 'n slide, bake homemade birthday cakes, churn ice cream, referee 4 rowdy boys, wrap plaster casts in bread bags, have dinner on the table and generally thrive on chaos.

She took us tent camping all over the country while we were young, in a rambler station wagon towing a U-Haul full of gear. Those were some of our best meals she cooked out of that Coleman kitchen. We still don't know how she did that. Our beef stew never tastes the same as the one over the open fire.

Louise was active in the lives of her children and their academics and sports; serving on the PTA for several schools, as Den Mother to many Cub Scouts and as a car pooler for baseball, basketball, soccer, football, track and field, swim, band, rodeo, gymnastics and cheerleading. Due to her prime location, she unwittingly hosted some epic shaving cream parties that heralded the summer season on school's last day.

Louise was an Avon Lady and excelled at beauty, collectibles and bringing the Avon culture to many in our surrounding neighborhoods as well as managing her local district. She received numerous awards for both sales achievement and years of service. As her children grew, Louise worked a variety of jobs and joined her husband as the two operated their own successful furniture business until she retired a year after his death.

Pete and Louise traveled to Morocco once their nest emptied, and that trip was the inspiration for Dad’s foray into importing that grew into their furniture shop. Post retirement, Louise volunteered for Sharing Life and was committed to helping feed the Mesquite community.

As kids, she made it seem easy. As we lay her to rest, we are mesmerized by her grace, intelligence, resourcefulness, strength and beauty as a real-life mama bear. She was fiercely independent and lived in her home for 57 years up until her final weeks.

Louise's family legacy includes 25 direct descendants across four generations, including five children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her family has grown as more have joined through the years with marriages, in-laws and blended families.

Louise leaves behind her children, Greg (Debbie) Lynd, Mark (Peaches) Lynd, Jeff Lynd and Shana Camp, Scot Lynd, and Laura Lynd (Steve) Martin; her grandchildren, Michael, Bridget, Christopher, Kelsey, Taner, Amanda, Jack and Ellie; her great-grandchildren Landon, Everly, Sawyer, Eli, Willow, Juniper, Magnus, River, Emily, Jonas, Doak and Roy; and her sister, Faith Brown of Pascagoula, MS. Her family grew as others merged and brought her the love of Holly, Heather, Trish, Laura, Jordan, Chandler and AnaMarie.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Pete; her parents, Lytle Murray Brown and Lula Gwynda Byrd and her brother, Lytle Clyde Brown.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made online in the name of the Louise Lynd Family and Hospice Plus at the Gentiva Foundation, at https://www.gentivahs.com/about/donate.