Braxson and Linda Hudson 1946
Linda Hudson (left) and Janice Stangeland 1947
Linda Hudson 1949
Tresia Pleasant and Linda Hudson 1952
Tresia Pleasant and Linda Hudson 1954
Linda Hudson 1954
Maudie and Linda Hudson 1956
Linda Hudson and Carolyn Rogers 1956
Letter 9 year old Linda Hudson wrote to her sister Lois Lay June 14, 1955
Linda Hudson 1957
Linda Hudson: left photo 1958, right photo 1959
Lois Lay and Linda Hudson 1959
Linda Hudson 1962
Linda and Terry Bodie - 1966
Lorraine Kingry, Lillian Pleasant, Margueritte Hudson, Maudie Hudson, Linda Bodie 1975
Terry and Linda Bodie 1978
Linda and Terry Bodie 1985
Linda Bodie: Left photo 1986, Right photo 1987
Terry and Linda Bodie 2001
Linda and Terry Bodie March 16, 2002
Lillian Pleasant and Linda Bodie holding the quilt made for Linda's first grandchild - 2002
A Work of Love
When Linda was told her first grandchild was going to be a boy, she began planning a quilt she wanted to make for him. She planned to cross stitch the numbers and letters of the alphabet on 4x4 squares and incorporate them into a quilt that exemplified a little boy. She started on the numbers while receiving radiation and chemotherapy but lost her vision while working on number nine. She had it about half completed when she went blind. She had all the material to complete the quilt but could not do it herself. A dear friend and co-worker, Joy Moore told her she could finish the number nine but could not quilt. Lillian Pleasant, Linda's sister, told her she would take the numbers and the material and put the quilt together. The love of a grandmother for her grandchild, a friend for a friend, and a sister for a sister made this beautiful work of love possible. When it was completed Linda could not see it with her eyes but through her hands and her heart she knew what a wonderful work it turned out to be.