Obituary

Linda Kaye Sharpe

September 8, 1960 - October 16, 2022

We are saddened to announce the passing of Linda Kaye Phelps Meredith Williams Sharpe. She passed away on Sunday, October 16th, 2022, at Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, LA at the age of 63, after a long battle with kidney disease.  She was born in Bogalusa, LA, to Edward Phelps and Kathleen Woodard Phelps. She grew up in Dallas, TX and returned to Bogalusa at the age of 33, so that she could be around her family. She retired as a purchasing technician at Northshore Technical College, Sullivan Campus in Bogalusa and previously worked as a purchasing technician for the Bogalusa Medical Center for many years. She was loved dearly and will be very missed by her friends and family.

Linda was preceded in death by her husband Robert “Bob” Sharpe; her parents, Ed and Kat Phelps; brothers, Kenneth “Bones” Phelps and James Phelps; and her sister, Judy Thornton (Roy).

She is survived by two sons, Mark Meredith (Tamara) and Travis Williams (Sarah); a brother, Charles Phelps (Jennifer); and her beautiful grandchildren and great-grandchildren: grandsons, Andrew Meredith (Annsley), Beau Williams; granddaughters, Brianna Meredith, Rosalie Williams, and Calli Rae Williams; great-grandsons, Alec Meredith, Judah Meredith, and Ezra Meredith.

Graveside services will be held Sunday, October 23, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Bonnie Cemetery in Angie, LA.