Lynda Taylor Smith

Lynda Taylor Smith, 41, died Saturday, August 3, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Born in Brewton, AL, she became the foster daughter of Larry and Kathy Smith (Lamb) on January 22, 1974 and legally adopted three years later. Larry was employed by the Jefferson Davis Community College as a music instructor in Brewton. The family returned to Oxford, MS so Lynda could attend the Lafayette County Child Development Center later the Oxford Child Development Center and presently Scott Child Development Center. She had lived in Batesville, MS for a brief time where her father was a Minister of Music at the First Presbyterian Church, but the majority of her life was spent in Oxford. Lynda became a resident of the North Mississippi Regional Center on May 29, 1992 (Willows Cottage and later Sunshine Cottage) when she was no longer eligible for public school services. She has been loved and cared for by a multitude of friends throughout the years and will be remembered as the little girl with blond hair moving at breakneck speeds; always clapping and laughing as she jumped excitedly through life. On January 22, 1984 Lynda suffered a massive stroke, forever changing Lynda’s life but not her ability to clap and laugh. Visitation will be held Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Gary Richardson officiating. Interment will be in the Booneville City Cemetery, Booneville, MS. Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her parents, Russell and Kathy Lamb of Booneville, MS; three brothers, Kevin (Nichole) Smith of Olive Branch, MS, Kristopher (Kirby) Smith of Denver, CO, Kelly (Brenda) Lamb of Tupelo, MS, and one sister, Kristen (Kent) Shepherd of Lake Charles, LA; her grandmother, Opal Anderson of Booneville, MS; six nieces and nephews. Her father, Lawrence “Larry” Clifford Smith, of Florence, AL, and her grandparents, Wesley Milton Anderson, of Booneville, MS, Ferrin Smith, and Billie Smith, of Florence, AL, all preceded Lynda in death. Memorials may be made to the Lynda Smith Memorial Fund at 1st National Bank in Oxford, MS to be used for projects at the Scott Child Development Center and other programs benefiting children with special needs.