Obituary of Linda Lu Houston
Linda McKnight Houston, peacefully passed away February 23, 2019. She was born on February 23, 1939 in Austin, Texas to Joe Claude and Linnie Powell McKnight, soon after moving to Dallas where she lived the remainder of her life. She is survived by her beloved husband and best friend of 58 years, Wayne Earl Houston. Linda was preceded in death by her loving Father, Mother, and Sister, Patricia Hartin, and quite a number of close aunts, uncles, cousins, nephew and close friends. It was a great comfort to the family that she would be ushered into the presence of God and celebrating her 80th birthday by all of those that went before her. She attended North Texas State University and became a Teacher and considered herself an educator throughout her life, recently even musing she was perhaps considering substituting again. Linda’s longest and most cherished role, however, was that of being a Mom. She is survived by daughters Shannon Houston, Kirsten Josephs, son Blake Houston, son in law Charles Josephs, and daughter in law Courtney Houston. Linda is also survived by her grandchildren: Hunter, Griffin, Bailey, Jeb, Riley, Carson, Delaney, Blake and John who knew her as “Honey.” She is also survived by her niece, cousins and cherished lifelong friends. A celebration of life will be held Friday, March 1st, 12:00 p.m. at Faith Presbyterian Hospice, 12477 Merit Drive, Dallas, Texas 75251. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Faith Presbyterian Hospice.