Ms. Lynda Newcomb Divers Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Ms. Lynda Newcomb Divers, 77, of Wright City, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2020, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home with Rev. James Palmer and Deborah Boren officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, November 13, at the funeral home. Ms. Divers passed from this life on November 11, 2020, at UT Health in Tyler. She was born March 27, 1943, in Henderson to the late Fred and Myrtle (Chatham) Newcomb and lived most of her life in Wright City. Lynda had been a homemaker and cleaned houses, and in her spare time, she enjoyed playing bingo and other games with friends. She was a life-long member of Turnertown Baptist Church where she was very active and taught Sunday School. Lynda loved her little doggie Precious and adored her children and grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Kay Slayton and Ann Lung. Survivors include her daughters, Kim Bishop and husband Jimmy of Wright City, and Leigh Shields and husband David of New London; sister, Jean Challis and husband John of Spring Hill; grandchildren, Brian Branscom, Rachel Bishop, Brandon Shields and wife Kristen, and Megan Taylor and husband Jeremy; great-grandchildren, Avery and Grant Shields, and Houston Taylor; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, other family and friends. Pallbearers will be Jeremy Taylor, Brent Challis, Kelly Challis, Caden Challis, Wayne Jordan, and Brandon Shields. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Ms. Lynda Newcomb Divers

March 27, 1943 - November 11, 2020