Linda Northam

Linda (Ferguson) Simrell Northam of Troy passed away Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at Baptist East Memphis after a lengthy illness.
A private memorial service was held Sunday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, which would have been Linda’s 70th birthday.
The family requests memorials be made to the National Kidney Foundation.
She was born Nov. 19, 1947, in Akron, Ohio, to the late Dee and Alvenia Ferguson. She married Bill Simrell of Union City in Corinth, Miss., in 1964. He survives. They have two children, Stephanie Simrell-Dodd and Lori Simrell-Vastbinder, both of Union City.
She was a homemaker for several years before being employed at the former Troy Manufacturing.
She is also survived by a half brother, Kenneth Boulton of Clearwater Beach, Fla.; five grandchildren, Zach Clouse of Union City, Jordan Clouse of Prince George, Va., Seth Clouse of Knoxville, Maitland Wright of Nashville and McHale Vastbinder of Union City; and one great-granddaughter, Lane Clouse of Union City.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, Gary Dee Ferguson, who died tragically in a motorcycle accident in South Fulton in 1966 at the age of 15.
Published 11.20.17