TALLULAH — Linda Sue Thames died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was 79.

Mrs. Thames was born in Russellville, Ark., and had lived in East Carroll Parish for 75 years. She was a bookkeeper and a sales tax collector for the Madison Parish School Board. She was a member of Tallulah Church of Christ.

Survivors include her son, Jacky Loyd Thames of Transylvania; and a grandson, Loyd Adam Thames of Baton Rogue.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Tallulah Church of Christ with the Rev. Robert Shelton officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lake Providence under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.

Pallbearers will be Adam Thames, James Oscar Thornton, James Thornton, Tommy Trichell, Spencer Sevier and James Kiley Thames.