Holly Sue Linford

Surrounded by the family who loved her so much, Holly Sue Linford, 41, peacefully passed away at her home on August 2, 2005 after a courageous battle with cancer. Holly was born on December 25, 1963 to James C. and Marianne Matney Linford in Tremonton, Utah. She moved to California with her family at the age of four and to Lake Jackson, Texas in 1980. Holly graduated from Brazoswood High School in 1982 and from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York in 1987. After her stint as a graduate student in psycholinguistics at the University of Texas in Austin, she was employed by the Texas Legislature as Editor of the Legislative Journal and worked under two governors, Ann Richards and George W. Bush. Holly married James P. Bonavita in 1989 and they moved to Lake Jackson, Texas in 1995 where she continued her writing as a contributing author for Images and various other publications. Her gifts to her family include her talented writing, creative quilts, genealogy research, beautiful needlework of all kinds, eclectic decorating, insightful wit, generosity and living life on her own terms. Holly will be dearly missed by her loving husband; parents; brothers, Michael Linford, his wife, Catherine and sons, Matthew and Joseph, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Richard Linford, his wife, Gaye and children, Amanda, Jacob and Sophie, Lake Jackson, Texas; grandmothers, Shirley Matney, Sheridan, Wyoming and Mary Linford, Salt Lake City, Utah; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Rose and Samuel Bonavita, Warren, Pennsylvania; sister-in law, Mary Jo Georgeadis, her husband, Socrates, and children, Katie and Jim; brother-in-law, John Bonavita, his wife, Cheryl and children Saleena, Nick, and Christopher, Sheffield, Pennsylvania; brother-in-law, Thomas Bonavita and his children Molly and Jeffrey, and former sister-in-law, Jane Wingert Bonavita, Warren, Pennsylvania; aunts and uncles, Susanne and Alan Shuler, Tom and Carol Matney, Julie and Mark Weitz, Susan and Michael Croft, Sally and Steve Kramer, Mary Lee and Dean Anderson; and cousins Sheri, Angel, David, Tom, Aaron, Andy, Katie Ruth, David, Brett, Matthew, Jennifer, Lisa and Geri Dawn. Family and friends will celebrate Holly?s life on Saturday, August 6 at Chapelwood Methodist Church in Lake Jackson. Visitation begins at 10:00 am with services at 11:00. Holly?s final resting place will be Tremonton, Utah where she was born. Visitation will be held at Tremonton?s Old Methodist Church on Monday, August 8 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm with services conducted on Tuesday, August 9 at 10:30 am. Internment will follow in the Riverview Cemetery. The family expresses sincere thanks to Holly?s caregivers Linda Hudgins, Dr. Eric Bernicker, Dr. Richard Patt and Dr. Irvin Sabrsula; her special friends, Connie Marshall, Dora Trevino, Juany Ribis and book club; and to Holly?s many friends who faithfully brought food and offered encouragement during the past 20 months. Memorials may be sent to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, PO Box 130819, Houston, TX 77219 www.livestrong.org .