Mrs. Linda L. Malone Obituary (1948

Mrs. Linda L. Malone, 76, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was born on July 28, 1948, to the late Lois Marye Prophet and Arthur Glenn Lowry. Living in West Point for most of her life, Linda Malone was a product of the West Point Public Schools, graduating in 1966 from West Point High School, where she played the French horn in the West Point High School Marching Band. While attending East Mississippi Community College, on a band scholarship, she continued with the band and earned her associate’s degree and then enrolled at Mississippi University for Women to obtain her Bachelor of Science in Library Science. Some years later she attended the University of Alabama where she was awarded her Masters of Library Science. On September 30, 1972, she married David Malone, and they lived happily raising their two children until his death on October 28, 2011. During Mrs. Malone’s career as a librarian, she worked in several libraries: The Carnegie Library, various schools in the West Point School District, at Oak Hill Academy, and at The Bryan Public Library as a librarian/assistant director for 13 years. After she retired, she worked as a part-time librarian at Bryan Public Library but resigned when she was appointed to the Library Board of Trustees. Her dedication to people and books resulted in a love of reading and life-long learning for the citizens in West Point and Clay County. Mrs. Malone was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation during all the years she lived in West Point, serving on the Vestry several terms and on the Altar Guild for many years. She had also been a member of the West Point Pilot Club and the Alpha Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. Visitation will be on Thursday, October 24, 2024, from 12:00-2:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Deacon Patricia Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in Columbus Memorial Garden Cemetery in Columbus. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include her daughter, Emily Marye Malone and son, Eddie Malone, both of West Point: three grandsons, Caylon and Zackery Bock and Branson Malone, all of West Point: special family friends: Billy and Dixie Shirley of Columbus, Gene and Carolyn Gwathney of Cedar Bluff, Lucille Armstrong of West Point, Mark and Gloria Turner of West Point, and Barbara Iles of West Point. Pallbearers will be Heath Brand, Noah Brand, Parker Brand, Jim Chandler, Kyle Chandler, Billy Shirley, and Keith Mooney. Honorary Pallbearers will be her co-workers with the West Point Public School District. Memorials may be made to Bryan Public Library, 436 Commerce Street, West Point, MS 39773 or to Sally Kate Winter Children's Home, P.O. Box 1277, West Point, MS 39773. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com