Linda Lavonne Fine

Funeral services for Linda Lavonne Fine, 85, Pomona, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 15, 2023, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.    

Mrs. Fine passed away at 2:12 a.m., Saturday, December 9, 2023, at her home.  

She was born December 1, 1938, in Douglas County, Missouri, to Loyd Thornton and Maye Cunningham Thornton.  On November 29, 1957, she was married at Hernando, Mississippi, to Ray Fine.  After high school she worked at Rawlings for twenty-four years, then at SRC, later at Sequel and lastly at Foster Crown Bed where she worked until she retired in 2018.  Linda enjoyed sewing, quilting and being outdoors tending to her flowers.  She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.  Mrs. Fine was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church her entire life.

She is survived by her husband, Ray Fine, of the family home; two children, Karla Hicks, Pomona, Missouri and Regina Gearhart, Springfield, Missouri; two grandchildren, Makayla Gearhart, Branson, Missouri and Dustin Mulkey and wife, Rachael, Pomona, Missouri; two great-grandchildren, Cooper and Audreanna Mulkey; two sisters, Judy Vaughn and husband, Bob and Jeannie Lowe, all of Willow Springs, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews. 

Her parents, one grandson, Kyle Scarbrough, son-in-law, Danny Hicks, two sisters, Louise and Bernice, two brothers, Bob and Lonnie, one brother-in-law and two sisters-in-law, preceded her in death.  

Visitation services will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Thursday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Oak Grove Baptist Church or American Cancer Society and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO  65775.