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Linda McKaskle Pedro - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Shreveport Times, October 15, 2008

SHREVEPORT, LA - A host of family members and friends will celebrate the life of Linda McKaskle Pedro at 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 17, 2008, at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. Officiating will be the Reverend Andrew Comeaux. Linda lost her courageous eight-year battle with cancer quietly in her home on October 11, 2008. She had celebrated her sixty-eighth birthday on August 11.

Born in Tallulah, LA, Linda was the daughter of Maude Gaither McKaskle Baker and Coy Neill McKaskle and stepfather, Lewis Baker. The family moved to Bossier City when Linda was a young child. She graduated from Bossier High School in 1958 and continued her education at LSU-Shreveport. She embarked on a 20-year career as a legal secretary and paralegal. Linda married Sammy Pedro in February of 1978 and became part of the family business, Dealer Food Service Equipment, working there for another 20 years by her husband's side.

Linda's dedicated involvement in the community was monumental. At the time of her death, she was a member of the Quota Club of Shreveport, Shreveport Little Theater Guild, Woman's Department Club, Shreveport Opera Guild, Bossier Alumni Association and PEO. Linda received numerous awards over the years for her volunteering in the arts community.

Linda will be long remembered and greatly missed by her loving husband of thirty years, Sammy Pedro; her two daughters, Susan Tully Mercer and Stephanie Pedro; her grandchildren, Julia Ferguson and Taylor Buxton; her stepbrother, Bradford Baker and wife, Cassie of Lenoir City, TN; her cousins, Sue Lessman and husband, Marvin and Peggy Arwood Scurria and husband, Philip of Tallulah (the sisters she never had); cousins, Vito and Patsy Cefalu; and her stepdaughter, Linda Tully Brown. Indeed, Linda Pedro made a difference in this world and will be fondly remembered always.

Special thanks to Hospice of Shreveport-Bossier and especially, Jean Sanders. Thanks also to Dr. R.J. Massingill and staff.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to any of Linda's above-mentioned organizations or the donation of your choice. Rose-Neath Funeral Home.