Linda Lue Kimmons

Service Details

A Celebration of Her Life will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2020 4:00pm in the Chapel of Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home, 4600 County Line Rd., Racine, WI.  Visitation will be in the Chapel from 3:00pm until the time of service.  Interment will be on Monday, October 12, 2020 in Graceland Cemetery. The procession will leave from the front gate at 10:00am.

In accordance with Racine County mandate, only 50 people will be allowed to enter the funeral home at a time.  You may be required to wait outside until others leave the building.  For the safety and security of our guests we also require those in attendance to wear a face covering.  We thank everyone for their understanding and cooperation during this difficult time. 

Live Streaming Linkhttps://youtu.be/ypHBHANgU8M

Order Flowers from Family Selected Florists

Linda Lue Kimmons came into the world fighting at only 3 pounds 5 ounces on October 1, 1950 in New Albany, Mississippi to Augusta Hill and Iomia Kimmons. She went to her next stage of life with the same strength on Sunday, October 4, 2020.

Linda possessed just the right amount of spirit, grit, strength and awareness of her worth, to navigate through a world of segregation in the 1950’s and 1960’s in Mississippi. She was never one to mince words or back down when faced with a challenge. Linda was active in high school activities; She turned the energy of the day into good energy to champion and help others, including acting as big sister to her two younger cousins in the home. To this end, Linda first pursued a degree in nursing before moving to Racine, Wisconsin; Thereby, she became the first in a legacy of the Pegues-Kimmons family to attend college. She completed her nursing education at Gateway Technical College in Racine, Wisconsin. She went on to serve as a nurse in many arenas, providing medical care to a range of ages from young children to mature adults. Even during the moments of her own declining health, her thoughts were often on how she could continue to use her nursing skills to help others.

Family was one source of strength for Linda. She relocated to Wisconsin during her early twenties, but she would drive many miles back to Mississippi almost every year to visit with her maternal aunts, uncles, and cousins for the summer and holiday seasons. Linda’s admiration, motivation and loving devotion was to her only child, Maquon Kimmons, their relationship was especially powerful for her.

Linda is preceded in death by her mother Iomia Kimmons; her father Augusta Hill and her grandmother Elizabeth Pegues-Kimmons. Linda will join her pride and joy, her son Maquon Kimmons; her sisters Mernia Hill and Djuna Hill; brother Melvin Foots; her tender hearted aunt and uncle Inez and Harvester Kimmons, as well as ten other aunts and uncles who were always there for her during her early years in Mississippi.

Linda leaves as the keepers of her memories, her lovely granddaughter, Isha Kimmons; her supportive siblings Don Hill, Lesia (Samuel) Hill-Driver and Catrina Hill; two aunts, Maxine Crim and Eloise Richards of Aurora, Illinois; her uncle Harry Kimmons of Leakesville, MS; two special cousins Mary Kimmons-Smith of New Albany, MS and Sophia Kimmons-Ballard of Detroit, Michigan; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and many other loving family members on both sides of her family.

A Celebration of Her Life will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2020 4:00pm in the Chapel of Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home, 4600 County Line Rd., Racine, WI.  Visitation will be in the Chapel from 3:00pm until the time of service.  Interment will be on Monday, October 12, 2020 in Graceland Cemetery. The procession will leave from the front gate at 10:00am.

In accordance with Racine County mandate, only 50 people will be allowed to enter the funeral home at a time.  You may be required to wait outside until others leave the building.  For the safety and security of our guests we also require those in attendance to wear a face covering.  We thank everyone for their understanding and cooperation during this difficult time. 

Live Streaming Linkhttps://youtu.be/ypHBHANgU8M