Linda Karen

Dugger

Linda Karen (Kimbrell) Dugger was born in Oklahoma City on December 3, 1948, to Billy Ray Kimbrell and Mary Louise May (Beckham) Kimbrell. She went to be with her Heavenly Father on September 9, 2022, at the age of 73.

Linda graduated from Blanchard High School in 1967 and was loved by many friends, teachers, and classmates.  During high school she was a cheerleader and active in pepclub,  basketball, music, FHA, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior plays, and served as Homecoming Football Queen Attendant her senior year, and Annual Queen Attendant her junior year; freshman class reporter, junior class reporter, and senior class treasurer.  She worked many jobs after high school, and retired from Blanchard Public Schools in 2015 where she served as a paraprofessional in the special education department.  She adored working with her kids and treated them as family.  Linda was the first of five children and learned from a very early age how to care for others.  She helped care for her four little brothers and then became a caretaker for her grandmother MA, her aunt Tettie, and her mother, Lu.  Linda was an avid reader, gardener, jelly maker, and loved animals.

Linda is survived by her daughter Kristi and husband Sammy Davis, son Ryan Dugger, mother Lu Kimbrell, brother Gene, brother Ray and wife Denise, sister-in-law Ellen, and brother Ronnie and wife Charlene. Grandchildren Cole Davis, Garrett and wife Alexis Davis, Lindi Davis, Heidi Musick, and great grandchildren Avery, Grayson, and Lyllian, nephews Justin and wife Kristi Kimbrell, Josh and wife Sara Kimbrell, Jake Kimbrell, Billy Kimbrell, Dave George and wife Kris, niece Natalie Kimbrell and Eric, niece Sarah Vorva and husband Jon and a host of other relatives and best friends.

Linda is preceded in death by her father, Billy Ray Kimbrell, brother Ricky Lynn (Bo) Kimbrell, grandparents Walter and Annie Mae Beckham, Uncle Floyd Beckham and wife Lucille, Uncle Doyal Beckham and wife Coetta, cousin Fran Beckham Benn.

Linda was a woman who loved fiercely, compassionately, and put everyone else's needs before her own.  Those who knew and loved her appreciated her outspoken personality and took her advice to heart.  She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, September 12, 2022, at Eisenhour Funeral Home in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Burial to follow at the Blanchard Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.