Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 11am in the Memorial Park Cemetery; 6969 E. Interstate 40 with Sam White presiding. The family will receive guests at Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 Bell Ave. in Amarillo, following the service for fellowship and visiting.
Linda was born December 28, 1945, in Rule TX, to Delton and Zelma Richardson. The family moved to Lubbock TX in 1957. She attended Lubbock High School and graduated in 1964. In 1967 she and Jimmy Layland had a daughter, Nancy. In Lubbock she worked at Minters with her sister Helen and brother in law Kieffa. She worked at the Holiday Inn with Sis and met Brent S. Roper who also worked there. She married Brent in 1986 and they moved to Amarillo in 1989. In Amarillo she worked at the Clements Unit until she retired in 1996. Linda and Brent enjoyed riding horses with the Partners in Palo Duro and traveling to Idaho to visit family there. Linda was a crafter and made scrap books of and for her family and friends. She cherished the memories that the scrapbooks held and wanted to share that with her family. Linda also liked to make jewelry and she and Nancy made many bracelets together. Linda crafted greeting cards that she sent to family and friends on holidays and special occasions. These mementos will be cherished by her family. Kind hearts, like garden flowers, bring grace and harmony into our world!
The family suggest memorials to St. Jude Hospital, American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society.
Linda is survived by her husband Brent S. Roper, Daughters Nancy Layland and partner Kay Maddox of Cedar Hill TX, step daughters Jarelyn and husband Scott Wells of Lubbock Texas, Soni and husband Mike Greenhaught of Utah, Mandi and husband Gregg Deputy of Washington, step sons Michael Roper and wife Debra of Ohio and Sean Roper and wife Jessica of Austin TX; Sisters Lucille Ketchum of Pampa TX, and Helen and husband Kieffa Kizer of Lubbock TX, Sisters-in-law Eloise Richardson of Denton TX, Maureen Richardson of California, and Kathy Richardson of Lubbock, TX. She also leaves behind 23 Step Grandchildren and 3 Step Great Grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephew. Linda was preceded in death by her parents Zelma and Delton Richardson, Brothers Carl Richardson, James Richardson, and Pat Ray Richardson Sr. sisters, Frances Jennings, and Marie Abbott.
