Jones dies at age 56.
Graveside services for Linda D. Jones age 56, of Salado, were held 3 p.m. June 8 at the Salado Cemetery with Reverend Bobby Ellis officiating.
Jones died June 5 in a Temple nursing center.
She was born on August 25, 1945 in Harris County to Norman Thomas Ballatin and Doris Mac Hughes. She received . her associated degree in accounting from Temple College and was raised as a member of the J.L. Gidley family. Jones was a member of the Prairie Dell Baptist Church. Jones was preceded in death by two husbands, Lloyd Donald Landrum in 1966, and William Lee Jones in 1990, and one brother.
Survivors include one son, two daughters, two brothers: Ellis Stewart of Bangor, Maine and Jimmie Gidley of Salado. She also leaves behind a sister, Sheryl Yauk of Temple, and four grandchildren.