Linda Mix

A Memorial Service for Linda Kay Mix, 64 of Cookeville, will be held Friday, August 15th at 3 p.m. at the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Landon Roeder will officiate. Her family will receive friends Friday from 2 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. She died Thursday evening, August 7, 2014 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born April 6, 1950 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota to the late James Harry Mix and Claire Harriette Jones Mix. Linda graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN in 1972 and sang in the famous St. Olaf choir. She later attended Mankato State and obtained a teaching degree. After moving to Cookeville, she served the Upper Cumberland Region for many years with the Safe and Drug Free Schools initiative. She was a gifted trainer of youth and adults in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse prevention and mediation. Linda was instrumental in the development of Project Graduation, for middle Tennessee region, a program that continues for over 17 years giving high school seniors a safe alternative for celebration of their graduation. From 1999 until Spring of 2014, Linda served as Executive Director of Mediation Services for Putnam and Overton Counties. Her many loves and interests included music, playing guitar, animals, gardening, antiques, laughing and dancing. She collected bells and was a talented artist with a paint brush on canvas and furniture refinishing…enjoying these activities with her coffee mug nearby. She will be fondly remembered as a caring, loving mother and friend who was willing to offer her assistance and support at any time. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her daughter and son in law, Becca and Shawn Watson of Elmwood, TN; brother, Jim Mix of Mesa, Arizona; sisters, Deb Blattman of Blaine, MN and Judy Kuesel of St. Paul, MN; grandchildren, Shawn Douglas Watson, Christopher Thomas Watson, Adrie Johnson, Ryker Johnson, Isaac Andrews and Coleman Andrews; special daughters by choice, Jessica Johnston of Knoxville and Melissa Andrews of Cookeville; and by her best friend of 46 years, Dee Speese-Linehan of Connecticut. Miss Mix's family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Bank of Putnam County at 237 South Willow Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501 in her name or to community outreach issues close to Linda's heart: The Arbor Foundation, Prevention of Cruelty of Animals, Domestic Violence, and Children's Advocacy.