In Memory

Linda England (Carnes)

    JENKINS, KY – Mrs. Linda Carnes, 75, entered peacefully into her eternal reward Saturday September 29, 2018 from the Pikeville Medical Center. Her loving family was at her bedside.

    Linda was a Christian.  She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was a very warm and caring person, she had an outgoing personality and was very quick to make friends.

    Linda was the secretary/office manager for Polly & Craft Funeral Home of Jenkins, KY for many years. She enjoyed caring for and helping families during their time of need. She loved to work around her home and landscaping. Folks would tell her she had the prettiest yard in the neighborhood. 

    Linda was proud of children and loved to tell stories about them. Her greatest joy was her grandson Nicholas, their bond was like no other and she was devoted to his care and happiness. She loved him beyond measure.

     Linda was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Charles England and Doris Evelyn (Lewis) England; her sisters, Eva Mae (Topsy) Wyatt and Iva Cable; and brother, John Jack England. 

 .    Survivors include her daughters Gina Roberts and husband John - Pikeville, KY and Melissa Heintz and husband Jon-Suffolk, VA; her son, Scott Carnes and wife Casey-Nicholasville, KY; her grandson, Nicholas Shawn Carnes-Nicholasville, KY; her brothers, Bob England and wife Judy-Pound, VA and Ernie England  and wife Irma -Bean Station, TN ;several nieces, nephews and cousins; and a host of friends and loved ones to mourn her passing and cherish her memory.

     Committal services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday October 2, 2018 at the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens Chapel-Big Stone Gap, VA with Reverend Larry Penix officiating. Entombment will follow. Family and friends are asked to meet at the chapel by 10:45 am.

     In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Linda’s memory to the March of Dimes of the Greater Bluegrass, 207 E Reynolds Road, Lexington, KY 40517. 

Baker Funeral Home-Pound, VA is serving the family of Linda Lee Carnes