Linda "Mama Faye" Anderson was born on March 3, 1940 to Bill and Earline Anderson in Fort Worth, Texas. She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized. She attended I.M. Terrell HIgh School, Tarrant County College, and All Saints School of Nursing. She was a highly involved member of Saint Andrews Methodist Church, serving in Vacation Bible School, United Methodist Women, EAG (Encounter Action Group), and the Senior Citizen Committee. She enjoyed her church, her grandkids, bingo, drawing, and traveling.

She was preceded in death by: Michael Anderson, Bill and Earline Anderson, Celestine Townsend, Mae Katherine Robinson, Betty Jo Simmons, Brenda Sauls, Sandra Martin, Bobbie Earl Anderson, and Billy Anderson.

She left behind to cherish her memory: a son, Daniel Anderson (Valarie); grandchildren, Jeweika, Mikaela, Tiffany, Deidra, Danielle, and Dewuan; siblings, Gerrod Anderson and Dorothy Ewing, and a host of cousins, nephews, nieces, and friends.