Linda Arlene Posey, age 72, of Fulmer Street, Summerville, Georgia, passed away Sunday morning, October 18, 2020, in a Rome hospital.
She was born in LaFayette, Ga. on Feb. 7, 1948, a daughter of the late Earl Jerome and Mary Elizabeth Eleam Smith. She was a member and pianist of the New Hope North Baptist Church, a 1966 graduate of Chattooga High School and graduated from Medical Assistance Program of Albuquerque, New Mexico Tech School in 1983. For several years she worked for Walmart.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by grandparents, Donald Oscar and Janey Marie Ledford Smith and Charlie Lester and Ida Lenora Tribble Eleam.
Surviving are daughter and spouse, Mary Ann Posey (Jeff) Maddux; son and spouse, Jeffery Michael (Joann) Posey; grandchildren, Kassandra Posey, Jaylyn Gann Posey, McKenzie Hudgins, Tari Maddux, Tatum Maddux, Braden Maddux, Samantha Witten, Courtney Brown, Gavin Gann; great-granddaughter, Gracelynn Posey; brother, Terry Don Smith; niece, Amy Shy Smith; great-nephew, Brendon Michael Smith; a number of cousins; and former husband and father of children, Michael Lewis Posey.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. from the New Hope North Baptist Church with Gary “Bucky” Brown and Pastor Steve Spears officiating, private interment to follow in Garrett Cemetery. Pallbearers are Lonnie Smith, Sheriff Mark Schrader, Mike Posey, Jeff Maddux, Morgan Stowe, and Jeff Posey; Honorary Pallbearers, Sharon Dixson, Lonnie and Tonya Smith, Louise Tallent, Justin Stephenson, Randy Hunter, Murl Eleam, Gary Miller, Barbara Young, David Simpson, Grant Posey, and members of New Hope North Baptist Church.
Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 22, from 1-2 p.m. at the church.
Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.