Linda Draper

The family of Linda Draper will celebrate her life of 77 years at 10:00 AM on Monday, September 13, 2021, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers, with graveside service following at the Loop Cemetery in Loop, Texas, at 2:30 PM. Her family will host a time of fellowship and remembrance from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Sunday, September 12, 2021, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. She passed on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. We invite you to view the live-streamed service here on this page, sign her virtual guestbook, and download her memorial keepsake folder to your device for printing.On March 11, 1944, Linda Lou was born to Luther and Flora Mae Bagwell in Seagraves, TX. Linda Lou Bagwell was a drum majorette and basketball player while attending and graduating from Loop High School in Loop, Texas, Class of 1961. Linda attended beauty school in Lubbock, Texas, and after graduation, she worked in a beauty salon in Seagraves, Texas.  Linda married Coach Jim Draper on June 4, 1966, in Loop, Texas. They lived in Seagraves, where she then operated her own salon, “Linda Lou’s Beauty Salon,” for over 40 years while raising her daughter and son. Linda was very involved in teaching the children’s Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church in Seagraves and was a devoted Seagraves Senior 4-H Club manager. She loved attending her husband’s football and basketball coaching games, as well as her children’s school, sporting, and 4-H events. After Linda and her husband’s retirement, they moved to Lubbock, Texas, in 2002 and joined the Monterrey Baptist Church. Linda was an avid Texas Tech Sports fan and enjoyed supporting her grandchildren’s, niece’s, and nephew’s activities. She enjoyed being a member of the Lake Ridge Ladies group and had a fun-loving sense of humor.Survivors include her children, Darlene (Carl) Hopkins, of Haskell, David (Michelle) Draper, of Arlington; grandchildren, Allison Draper, and Colton Hopkins; sister-in-law, Glenda Bagwell and a host of nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Draper; grand-daughter, Kayla Draper; brother, Leon Bagwell; brother, Doyle Bagwell; mother, Flora Mae Bagwell, and father, Luther Bagwell.