Linda Carol Yandell

Linda Carol Yandell, 71, of Muskogee, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2014. She was born September 5, 1943 in Vian, Oklahoma to Evan Guthrie and Lela Yandell Guthrie. She married the love of her life, Robert Lee Yandell, on November 27, 1987 in Smithville, Tennessee. Linda was a compassionate and caring woman, who helped deliver babies at Muskogee General Hospital in the Labor and Delivery Department. She also cared for individuals so that they could remain at home. Linda had the special touch of making you feel loved and cared for. She was a lifetime collector of frogs, coffee cups, and family pictures of every one. In 1986, Linda moved to Tennessee and went back in time. She gardened, butchered hogs, and no wildlife was ever wasted. She could dress out anything from a dove to a deer. In Smithville, Tennessee, she met people that were lifelong friends. Linda was a neighbor to Denise and Alan Jackson on Coconut Ridge, and she met John Anderson. They moved to Oklahoma in 1994, and she taught everyone how to can vegetables, garden flowers and vegetables, and how to cook anything from a cookie to turkey and dressing. She taught her grandkids how to clean all forms of wildlife, and all of us how to cook anything we wanted. After she became ill, the food network became her friend. Linda fought a long hard battle and we will miss her dearly. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Lela Guthrie and Evan Guthrie; and sister, Ann Ray. She is survived by her husband, Robert Yandell of Muskogee, OK; daughters, Kathryn Parris and husband Leroy of Muskogee, OK, Cydney O’Dell of Muskogee, OK, and Nona Bryant of TN; sons, Joe Crossland and wife Tammy of Muskogee, OK, Thomas Crossland of Los Angeles, CA; brother, Tommy McKinzie and wife Diane of Ft Gibson, OK; mother and father-in-law, LaDonna and Leroy Yandell of Muskogee, OK; grandchildren, Michael, Daniel, Jeremy, Heather, Brandon, Krystallin, Aubrey, Makayla, Jocelyn, Nathan, Joshua, and Caleb; great grandchildren, Taia, Tommy, Alexis, Kathryn, Autumn, Dason, Devan, Caden, and Jack; 7 nieces, 5 nephews, and a host of family and friends. Funeral services celebrating Linda’s life will be 11:00 A.M., Monday, October 20, 2014 at Eastside Community Church with Pastor Gary Underwood officiating. Interment will follow at Citizens Cemetery in Fort Gibson. Serving as pallbearers will be Jeremy Parris, Brandon O’Dell, Daniel Parris, Tommy Brian McKinzie, Michael Parris, Bret Wilson, and Jared Benedict. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Pat Harmon, Darrel Yandell, D.J. Yandell, Josh Hall, Tommy Yadon, Nick Thompson, Brady Wilkins, Nate Spears, Tim Jared, Terry Jared, Chris Robinson, and Tommy Parris.

Linda Carol Yandell

September 5, 1943 - October 15, 2014