LINDA CARTER

Linda Heathcott Carter, age 75, of Paducah, passed away at 8:38 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at the Ray & Kay Ecksein Hospice Care Center.

Linda was born October 3, 1947 in Mayfield, Kentucky to the late Ernest L. Heathcott and Ollie Fay Bruce Heathcott   Linda was a graduate of Mayfield High School and attended Murray State University where she studied Fine Arts.  Linda had a career in Fashion Merchandising with J.C. Penny’s before she became a stay home mother.

Survivors include one daughter, Tracy Gowen and husband, Gregory, of Oxford,  Mississippi; one son, Bruce Carter and wife, Kristen, of Paducah, Kentucky; two grandchildren, Carter Gowen and Katherine Gowen.

Preceding in death was her husband, Jesse James Carter; her parents and one brother, Ernest “Lee” Heathcott.

Entombment service will be held at noon on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at the Lone Oak Chapel Milner & Orr Funeral Home.

Expression of sympathy may be made to McCracken County Humane Society, 4000 Coleman Road, Paducah, KY  42001.