On Saturday, April 27, 2024, family and friends gathered at the Goodlane Church to celebrate the life of Linda Faye Shaw, who passed away on April 17, 2024, at the age of 67.
Linda was born on September 18, 1956, in Monroe, Louisiana, to Wilford Loyd Baker and Ella Mae Coleman. She was the eldest of her six maternal siblings and spent her early childhood in Monroe, attending J.S. Clark Elementary. In 1968, she moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she graduated from Englewood High School and later attended Kennedy King College.
In October 1981, Linda returned to Monroe, Louisiana, and became a member of the Unity Church of God in Christ, where she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior under the leadership of the late Superintendent Donald R. Louis. On September 7, 2008, she joined the Good Land Church and served as a faithful member until her passing, under the leadership of her brother, Apostle George Namon Coleman.
Linda was preceded in death by her mother Ella Mae Coleman, grandmother Mary Ella Shaw, granddaughter Diamond Coleman, son Adjuinaldo Devon Coleman, father Wilford Baker, and sister Dasal Newsome.
She is survived by her three children, Janette Sims of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Darrick Coleman of Chicago, Illinois, and Latonya Louis-Shinal (Shun) of Ridgeland, Mississippi; grandchildren, Jerrea Coleman, Darrick Coleman, Jr., Shundarius Shinal, Kamden Shinal; and great-grandchild, Gianna Hill.
Linda’s life is also honored and memorialized by her siblings, Deborah Shaw, Richard Shaw (Karla), George Coleman (Hiwatha), Patrick Coleman, Kelvin Coleman (Sharon), Patricia Matthews-Walker, Connie Jimmerson, Michelle Livingston, Delvin Newsome, Wilford Jimmerson (Latasha), and Jason King, as well as a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends by blood and by love.
Throughout her life, Linda touched the hearts of many with her kind spirit and unwavering faith. Her memory will live on through the countless lives she impacted during her time on earth.
