Linda K. Smith, daughter of the late Eugene Keaton and Ora Lee Kemp, was born April 21, 1944, in Shawnee, OK. She attended school in Shawnee and Oklahoma City and graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in 1962. She was united in holy matrimony to Edward Carlton Smith in August of 1969 (53 years). The union was blessed with two children, Pamela L. Hammond (Frederick Hammond, III, Spouse) of Oklahoma City and Jason C. Smith of Houston, TX respectively.

She committed her life to Christ as a young married adult at Wildwood Missionary Baptist Church. Linda touched so many people as she was an active member of each church or ministry of which she was a part of. She served extensively in street ministry, door-to-door evangelism, taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, and served as a prayer coordinator to name a few.

Linda was the President/Founder of Persuasion Life Strategies, Inc. Which offered personal life coaching sessions and/or personal life development workshops. She received her Certificate of Mastery through the Karios Institute of Personal Discovery and Life Technologies, Dr. Undrai & Bridgett Fizer. She developed a curriculum for personal development of which she taught in prisons and women's correctional facilities throughout Oklahoma. She is the author of her book entitled "Lost and Found" published by Divine House Books. Prior to her illness, Linda began recording episodes of a podcast with her daughter Pamela entitled "Journey to Truth."

Preceding her in death are Ora Lee Bullock (mother), Edgar Bullock (stepfather) and Doyle Bullock (brother). She is survived by Edward Carlton Smith (husband), two children Pamela (daughter) and Frederick Hammond, III (son-in-law) and Jason C. Smith (son), five grandchildren, Jordan and Brittany Hoover, Will, Melody, and Miracle Smith and one great grandchild, Naomi Grace Hoover and a host of friends and extended family.