Trudy Lincoln

TUPELO, Miss. -- Surrounded by her family at home, Trudy Lynnette (Cooper) Lincoln's gentle spirit left her body Friday, June 30, 2017, after a courageous, two-year battle with cancer. She never once complained about the countless treatments, doctor appointments or hospital stays, but rather enjoyed life and time with family and friends.

Trudy was born March 20, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to Tom Crawford Cooper and Clyda Faye (Welch) Cooper.

Trudy married David Lincoln on July 2, 1976, in Cape Girardeau.

Starting part-time in high school, Trudy worked at Associated Building Centers and then full-time after finishing school. When she left ABC in 1981, she was masterfully managing inventory control, purchasing and customer service for the Andersen window and door product line.

In 1981, she moved with her husband and young daughter to Jackson, Tennessee, and later the same year to Tupelo.

From 1980 until 1994, Trudy dedicated herself to being a wonderful mother of her two daughters as a stay-at-home mom. She was very patient and dedicated, spending many enjoyable days with her girls, reading books, playing games, swimming, taking them to activities such as sports practice and watching them play softball and soccer.

Her success as a mother is evidenced by the outstanding accomplishments of her daughters.

In 1994, Trudy returned to work, first as bakery and deli manager at Food World in Tupelo. In 1996, she began working for MW Windows in customer service and purchasing, retiring in 2008.

Trudy had many hobbies. She completed some amazing cross-stitch pictures and sewed very creative Halloween costumes for her daughters. She loved feeding and watching birds. Trudy cultivated beautiful flowers and plants in her gardens. She loved pets, especially her most recent companion, Magenta, a Welsh terrier.

Trudy loved music of all kinds, but especially any music from Jerry Garcia, including the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band and his bluegrass collaborations with David Grisman. She passed this love of music on to her daughters and was proud she was able to take them to a Grateful Dead concert in 1995 and several Further Festival concerts.

Trudy will be remembered for her kind and gentle spirit, as well as her playful smile, cute dimples and pretty green eyes.

Trudy is now pain-free, soaring with the angels, no doubt dancing and twirling her dress to some excellent Jerry Garcia music.

Trudy was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, David Lincoln, and daughters, Kara Lynne (Mike Baker) Lincoln of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Molly Jean Lincoln of Tupelo; sisters, Pam (Ken) White of Heath, Texas, and Debbie (John) Patterson of Rowlett, Texas; and niece, Sophia Patterson, and nephew, Cole (Danielle) Patterson of Rowlett.

A visitation with celebration of life will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

A private service will follow visitation at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Old and new friends are encouraged to stop by and help celebrate Trudy's life.

Fare thee well.