The Shreveport Times

Obituaries

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Linda L. Atkins Coday

O. E. Price Cemetery, Logansport

BOSSIER CITY, LA - Graveside services for Mrs. Linda L. Atkins Coday, 80, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, November 19th at the O.E. Price Memorial Cemetery in Logansport, LA, with a memorial service following on Friday, December 5 at 11 AM at Kings Highway Christian Church in Shreveport. Officiating will be Rev. David Brice.

Mrs. Coday was born on January 30, 1928, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Allen Daniel Atkins and Lucile Wilson Atkins. She was a resident of Bossier City for the majority of her life. She was a 1945 graduate of C.E. Byrd High School and a 1948 graduate of Centenary College. Linda enjoyed a 30 year teaching career in the Ark-La-Tex, teaching in Caddo, Bossier, and Webster parishes. She enjoyed working in the yard and doing family genealogy. She especially enjoyed her trips to visit family in Rankin County, Mississippi. She was a member of the Pelican Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Ark-La-Tex genealogical Association, and a life long member of Kings Highway Christian Church.

Mrs. Coday was preceded in death by her mother, Lucile Wilson Atkins, father Allen David Atkins and infant daughter Nancy Lea Coday. She is survived by her husband of 50 years Fred Charles Coday, Jr., son Tom David Allen Coday, daughter in law, Amanda Rochelle Coday, and grand children, Trent and Skylar.

Instead of flowers, memorials may be made to:  King's Highway Christian Church, 806 King's Highway, Shreveport, LA 71104; Shriner's Hospital, 3100 Samford Ave., Shreveport, LA 71103; Grace Home, 1035 Margaret Place, Shreveport, LA. 71101 Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Bossier Chapel 746-2543