Linda Kay Lara, 57, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010, in Amarillo.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Friday, October 29, 2010, in the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Amarillo with Rev. Roger Smith, Pastor, officiating. Interment was held at 2 p.m. in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
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.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Survivors include her mother, Arvazene Giddens of Amarillo; two sons, Michael Noel Arnold of Beaumont and Elias Miguel Verdalette of Kentucky; a daughter, Alyisha Nicole Sutherland of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Roger Smith of Amarillo and Gayle Lee Smith of Oklahoma City; and several nieces and nephews.
The family requests that memorials be to the American Cancer Society.
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