Linda Sue Stanley Jewell

1954—2023

Linda Sue Stanley Jewell, 68, of Pilgrim, Kentucky, went home to be with the Lord Monday, May 8, 2023, at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia.

Born May 12, 1954, in Martin County, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Freeman and Bertha Mullins Stanley. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Howard, Everette, Lloyd Ray, Chester, Erving and Garreth Stanley and four sisters, Edith Faye Maynard, Hazel Scott, Ethel Mae Brewer and Shirley Arnold.

Linda was a homemaker and member of the Union United Baptist Church at the mouth of Emily for many years. She loved her family and the Lord.

Survivors include her loving husband of 51 years, Leroy Jewell; two daughters, Angela (Ricky) Thornsbury of Ransom and Regina (Brian) McCoy of Tutor Key; one sister, Josephine (Dean) Tiller of Morehead; and one brother, Don (Elaine) Stanley of Johnstown, Ohio. She was a devoted grandmother to three grandchildren, Brittany (Shawn) Marcum, Taylor (Lexie) Thornsbury and Austin (Tanika) McCoy, and three great-grandchildren, Vanden Thornsbury, Finley Marcum and Braxton McCoy. Linda leaves behind numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members she loved dearly.

She was always cooking and helping plan family gatherings. Even though she is no longer with us, she will forever be in our hearts and memories.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Union United Baptist Church with Terry Harmon and others officiating. Burial was in the Riverview Memorial Gardens, Louisa. Mullins Family Funeral Home is honored to serve the family.