Linda is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Linda Gibbs; and 3 siblings.
Linda is survived by her husband of 14 years, Edward R. Howard; children, Tammy Lewis, Rebecca Sue Duncan, Judy Marie Ferguson, Teresa Leeann Gibbs, and Karl Leasure; 9 grandchildren; siblings, Curtis Edwards Gibbs, Patti Lawson, Mary Ann Bywater, Charles William Gibbs, and Robert Joseph Gibbs.
Funeral service to honor the life of Linda will be at 2pm on Friday, December 30, 2011 at Evergreen Funeral Home, with interment to follow in Evergreen Cemetery.
Visitation for the public will be from 10am-2pm on Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.