She was born July 14, 1948 in Paris, Kentucky to the late Elmer and Emma McFarland; she moved to Lake Wales from Kentucky in 2010. Linda was a retired Administrative Executive for the VA Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky and North Point Training Center in Danville, Kentucky. She was a Louisville Cardinal fan and made and sold her own line of jewelry.

Linda is survived by her husband of 52 years, Ronald G. “Ron” Brooks; sons, Brett “Tony” Brooks and wife Peggy of Lancaster, Kentucky, and Eric “Andy” Brooks and wife Stephanie of Nicholasville, Kentucky; grandchildren, Keith Brooks, Alyssa Brooks, Logan Pressley, Makensie Brooks and Baleigh Wilson; and great-grandchildren, Aden Brooks and Joslyn Sky Brooks.

Funeral services and burial will be held at a later date at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Kentucky.