Linda Lou Cunningham Hames

Linda Lou Cunningham Hames of Austin, Texas, formerly of Houston, Texas, went to live forever with her Lord Jesus on July, 24, 2012. She was born May 9, 1947 in Houston to Charles L Cunningham Sr. and Ellewese J Cunningham. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, sister Norma L Pitman and her husband Gene, sister Jeannine Lewis, and brother, Richard T Cunningham. She is survived by husband, Larry Bailey Hames, daughter Jennifer Adonica Kechemir, son John Powell Beck and wife Kathryn, daughter Laura Lee McKeand and husband Thomas, grandchildren John Morris Beck, Paul Addison Beck, Claire Elizabeth McKeand, and Megan Jane McKeand, brother Charles Cunningham Jr. and wife Vicki, brother Donald J Cunningham and wife Norma, sister Barbara J West and husband Bill, sister Caroline J Martin and husband Gene, brother Edgar (Butch) Cunningham and wife Paula, sister Beverly A Nowlin and husband Jerry, sister Shirley J Cunningham, and brother-in-law Jack Lewis.

Linda worked as Executive Administrative Assistant to Mr. Bruce Laboon of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP. She was a member and Sunday School teacher at Bannockburn Baptist Church in Austin. She will be missed greatly by her family, friends, and co-workers, and will be remembered for her deep and inspirational faith in Jesus Christ, her devotion to her grandchildren, her quick wit, her boundless enthusiasm, and the inspirational love that she poured out to those around her.

A visitation will be held at the Cook-Walden Funeral Home on Thursday, July 26, 2012 from six o'clock to 8 o'clock pm. A visitaiton will be held 4:00-8:00 pm on Friday, July 27, and a memorial service 10:00 am on Saturday, July 28, at George H Lewis Funeral Home, 1010 Bering Drive. A graveside service will immediately follow at Forest Park Cemetery, 6900 Lawndale St. Services will be officiated by long-time friend and pastor, Brother Bill Campbell of Cypress Creek Baptist Church in Houston.