Meyer

BELTON—Linda Kay Meyer, 74, of Cameron passed away Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in her sleep while on hospice care at the Winnie L nursing facility.

Memorial services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Crotty Funeral Home in Belton. L i n d a was born on April 3, 1947, to RL Terry and Elizabeth Ainsworth Terry in New Braunfels. They moved to Cameron when she was 6 months old, this is where she grew up and went to school.

She loved to ride horses and was a competitive barrel racer straight out of high school, riding the professional circuit for a year.

Mrs. Meyer then became a bookkeeper/auditor for an accounting firm in Waco.

She married Tom Young and gave birth to her two sons while living in Waco.

They later divorced and she remarried to Danny Gage, they were together for 16 years.

The family moved from Waco to Gatesville, then to Temple during which she was a waitress, a bartender, a store clerk, and a microfilm processor for several years. Her last job was operating heavy equipment and driving dump trucks, first for private companies, then for Milam County.

She married Charles “Bud” Meyer and got to work with him every day until his death.

Mrs. Meyer baked cakes, pies and desserts for her friends and for the local auction barn.

She will be missed dearly by her family and friends.

Mrs. Meyer was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Bud Meyer; her parents, RL Terry, Elizabeth Ainsworth Terry; her stepmom, Lois Terry; and a brother, Billy Ray Terry.

Survivors are two sons, Tommy Gage of Belton, Shawn Gage of Temple; two sisters, Rebecca McAnally of Waco, Nancy Standard of Sugar Land; and three grandchildren, Garrett Marshall Gage, River Gage and Slaton. She further had adopted Russ Otwell, Leah Strimska and Daiga Stevens as well as their families, as her own, who cared for and supported her.

All flowers and gifts will be donated to the Winnie L nursing facility in her memory.

Arrangements are entrusted to Crotty Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 5431 US 190, Belton, TX 76513, 254-933-0900.