Ayo, Linda L. Services for Linda L. Ayo, 60, of Longview, formerly of Houston, will be 10 a.m. Monday, January 22, 2007, at Welch Funeral Home Garden Court at 4619 Judson Road, with the Rev. Carol Petty officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery of Houston. Ms. Ayo was born January 11, 1947, in Houston, and she died January 18, 2007, at a local medical center. She was an assistant to the director of Sabine Valley MHMR. Survivors include her sons, Weldon T. Boykin Jr. and Timothy Wayne Boykin; and mother, Mary Lew Pierce. An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/20/2007. --------------------------- Ayo, Linda L. Services for Linda L. Ayo, 60, of Longview, will be 10 a.m. Monday, January 22, 2007, at the Welch Funeral Home Garden Court, 4619 Judson Road, with the Rev. Carol Petty officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery of Houston. Ms. Ayo passed away Thursday, January 18, 2007, at a local medical center. Ms. Ayo was born January 11, 1947, in Houston, Texas, to Angelo Charles and Mary Lew Ayo. She had been a resident of Longview since 1996, coming from Houston. Ms. Ayo began working at Sabine Valley MHMR on March 22, 1999, as an assistant to the director. She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles, in 1988. Ms. Ayo is survived by two sons, Weldon T. Boykin, Jr. and Timothy Wayne Boykin, both of Austin; and her mother, Mary Lew Pierce of Longview. An online registry may be signed at www.news-journal.com, by clicking on the obituaries link. Published in the Longview News-Journal from 1/20/2007 - 1/21/2007.