Carlyss- Linda Carolyn Kinney, 76, died Monday, July 20, 2020, in her daughter's residence.
Carolyn was a native and lifelong resident of Carlyss and was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church. She enjoyed dancing and cheering on her grandkids at their rodeos. She spent her life supporting young cowboys and cowgirls through the sport of rodeo at her home in Choupique. She was an excellent cook and made the best gravy. Carolyn adored her grandchildren. She always had encouraging words to lift her family and friends, and always had something nice to say about everyone.
Survivors include her daughters, Shelly Mathews and husband, Bart, and Kelly Izard and husband, Dusty, all of Carlyss; her step-children, Cathy Kinney, Brenda Farr, Dena LeBlanc, Lee Kinney and wife, Tressie, Mark Kinney and wife, Elizabeth, all of Sulphur, Teresa Wood and husband, Hal of Grand Lake, and Donna Gary and husband, Mark of Holmwood; her sister, Shirley Price of Casitas Springs, California; seventeen grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Kinney.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 23, in St. Theresa Catholic Church. The Rev. Luke Krzanowski, M.S. will officiate. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery South in Carlyss under the direction of Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday with a rosary service at 6 p.m. in the funeral home. The family would like to give special thanks to her caregiver, Pam Hoffpauir. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.
