Linda Jean Billingsley - Jefferson City, Mo.

Linda Jean Billingsley, 63, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at University Hospital and Clinic in Columbia, Mo. She was born in Walcott and was a graduate of Leachville High School and a member of Leachville Church of Christ, where she served as a Sunday school teacher.

Survivors include her mother, Talmadge "Tam" Billingsley of Paragould; five sisters, Fern Ward of Jefferson City, Faye Rowzie of Charles Town, W. Vir., Kaye Davidson of Tulsa, Okla., Jackie Botts of Jonesboro and Holly Dunn of Allen, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her father, Byron Billingsley.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Mitchell Funeral Home of Paragould with Art Smith officiating. Burial was in Greene County Memorial Gardens Cemetery.