Linda Gail Buchanan

Linda Gail Buchanan was born on November 8,1954 in Athens,Tennessee to Robert  K Buchanan Sr. and Sarah Ann (Long) Buchanan. Linda went to be with the Lord on  August15, 2024, at the age of 69.

Linda is a graduate of McMinn County High School and a graduate of Tennessee  Wesleyan College where she received a Bachelor of Science degree. Linda taught at local schools including E.K. Baker, Mt. View, Meigs County High School and McMinn County High School. Linda retired in 2016 from McMinn County  High School  where she was lovingly known as” Miss B” by all students and  co-workers. Linda loved her work as a teacher and used her teaching skills to touch  many people's lives and create lifelong bonds.

A long-time member of St. Mark AME Zion Church in Athens, Tennessee Linda  served as the Church Clerk and as a Trustee. She was also on the Steward Board  and a member of the choir. She served as the former Young Adult Missionary  SocietyCoordinator and was the current health coordinator of the Chattanooga  District and a member of the local missionary society. She was a member of the  local chapter of the NAACP. Linda touched many lives in the community by heading  up the church food pantry. Linda loved the Lord and her service and devotion to  her church family, friends, the community and her family was immeasurable.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Roy and Helen Long and  Paternal grandparents Cecil Hurst Buchanan and Roma and Sirlestie Buchanan.

Survivors include her parents  Robert K Buchanan Sr and Sarah Ann(Long)Buchanan of Athens TN, sister Frances (Tom) Holmes of Athens, brothers Robert Kenneth Buchanan Jr of Chattanooga, Eric (Valerie) Buchanan of Georgetown,TN, Edwin (Bonne) Buchanan of Bowling Green KY, Patrick ”Pete”  (Jayne) Buchanan of Cullowhee NC, Micah (Wynaka) Buchanan of Athens and  several loved nieces, nephews.

Memorial services will be held Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Light of Life Faith Ministries International 1112 Congress Parkway, Athens, TN. with Rev. Chris Eady officiating and Rev. Tiki Dixon delivering the eulogy. The family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the church. Interment at Hammonds cemetery will follow the service.

Services of loving memory entrusted to M.D. Dotson and Sons Funeral Home – Athens, TN.

In Lieu of flowers, memorial  donations can be made to the St Mark AME Zion  Church benefit account at Old National Bank 106 W Washington Ave-Athens TN  37303- Checks should be made payable to “St Mark AME Zion Church”.