Linda Marie Belknap

Linda Marie Belknap, age 57 of Smithville, Oklahoma passed away Friday, April 17, 2015 in Mexico.

She was born November 19, 1957 to the late Raymond Ashcraft and Sarah Marie Jewell Ashcraft. She was married to Terry Belknap and was a co-business owner in logging and Mountain Country Store.  Linda had a servant’s heart for her church, witnessing for Christ to people and family. She loved singing and making flower arrangements with her sister, Carolyn.  Linda loved her family, her grandchildren and helping others. Linda was a loving and kind wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to all who knew her. She will be dearly missed.

She is survived by husband, Terry Belknap, of the home; sons, Chad Belknap and wife Charla, Dustin Belknap; mother, Sarah Marie Ashcraft; grandchildren, Haley Myers and Brook Belknap; great-grandchildren, Chloe Belknap and Raegan Lee; siblings, Richard Ashcraft and wife Linda, Carolyn Dickison and Stanley, David Ashcraft and wife Jerri,

Donald Ray Ashcraft and wife Sue, Daniel Ashcraft and wife Shannon, Billy Dale Hackworth and wife Chris, Sharon Kneller and husband Bob, Billy Joe Hackworth and wife Pam, Stanley Jewell and wife Nancy; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her dad, Raymond Ashcraft; father, Billy Joe Hackworth; granddaughter, Gracie Belknap; niece, Sarah Lee Dickison; grandparents, Clarence and Sarah Jewell; mother-in-law, Wanda Faye Bailey.

Funeral service will be Friday, April 24, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the Smithville Assembly of God Church in Smithville, Oklahoma with Brother Jeff Maddox and Brother Jerry Ford officiating. Interment will follow in the Smithville Cemetery in Smithville, Oklahoma under the direction of the Beasley Wood Funeral Home of Mena.

Family and friends visitation will be Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Beasley Wood Chapel from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Pallbearers will be Chad Hutson, Dan Johnson, Ross Covington, David Brown, Mike Carter, and Jack Owens.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children Hospital in Memphis.

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