Linda Kay Lara's Obituary
AMARILLO
SERVICES- 10:00 am Friday, October 29, 2010 in the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Amarillo with Rev. Roger Smith, Pastor, officiating.
INTERMENT - 2:00 pm in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Viewing will be held Thursday at Rector Funeral Home, 2800 South Osage in Amarillo.
Linda was born on September 27, 1953 in Clarendon to Elbert Preston and Arvazene Smith. She had been a resident of Amarillo for over 25 years. She wrote beautiful poetry, was a wonderful blues singer, and was a very talented lady. She attended Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - her father.
SURVIVORS - her mother, Arvazene Giddens of Amarillo; 2 sons, Michael Noel Arnold of Beaumont and Elias Miguel Verdalette of Kentucky; a daughter, Alyisha Nicole Sutherland of Oklahoma City; 2 brothers, Roger Smith of Amarillo and Gayle Lee Smith of Oklahoma City; and several nieces and nephews.
MEMORIALS - The family requests that memorials be to the American Cancer Society.
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