Linda Ruth Markowitz McDade, 50, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, after a courageous battle with several lengthy illnesses. She was preceded in death by her father, Philip Markowitz, and sister, Amy Sue Markowitz Owens. Survivors include her mother, Bobbie Parker; loving companion, Wade Medlin; stepdaughter, JaJa McDade; brother-in-law, Mickey D. Owens; two uncles, Arthur Markowitz and Donald S. Kreger; great-aunt, Mariam Zarefsky; cousins; and very special friends, Eleanor Eiseman and Norma Frank.