Linda Heavin, 57, of Greenville passed away May 5, 2010 at her residence. Services will be at 11:00 Am Monday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Randy Rather officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home.
Linda was born October 24, 1952 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Wilbur Leroy and Peggy Sue Lankford Mandrell. On December 30, 1988, she married David Michael Heavin in Greenville. She was a nurse at Quinlan High School and was a CPR Instructor.
Her survivors include her husband of Greenville; her mother of Commerce; sons Buddy Cooper and wife Cindy of Garland, John Cooper and wife Shannon of Greenville, Charles Cooper and wife Jody of Quitman; daughter Michelle Cooper Woodward of Leesburg; brother Roger Dale Mandrell and wife Colleen of Ft. Wayne, Indiana; grandchildren Kristen Cooper, Brittany McGarity, Michael Cooper, Samantha Woodward, Morgan Woodward, Briana Cooper, and Atoria Cooper; and great-grandchild Tae McGarity.
She was preceded in death by her father and two brothers, Wilbur Leroy Mandrell, Jr. and Bruce Wayne Mandrell.
Pallbearers will be Audie Vick, Freddy Cooper, Jeff McCarter, Lee Furry, Mike Phillips, and Mike Butler.
The family request memorials be made to the 2010 Relay for Life Hunt County TX, Team Heavin’s Angels One, c/o American Cancer Society, Attn. Ashley Peebles, 8900 Carpenter Freeway, Dallas, TX 75247.