Linda Elam

Mrs. Linda (Schoolfield) Elam, 54, of Kenton passed away from this life on Monday, March 6, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elam will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home in Kenton, with Bro. Mickey Hanks officiating.
Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery in Kenton.
She was born Jan. 3, 1963, in Chicago, daughter of John and Avonia “Doodle” (Ashmore) Schoolfield. She was a personal assistant of the office of State Representative Bill Sanderson.
She is survived by her parents, John and Avonia “Doodle” Schoolfield; her son, John South (Meagen) Wilson; and three grandchildren, Emery Pearl Wilson, Zayden Howard and Hadlee Duncan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Marksberry.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. today at the Kenton Chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home.