Linda Gainey Smock grew up on a small farm in the panhandle of Florida. At the feet of her parents, other family members, teachers, and church leaders, she learned to apply the idioms used in daily...view moreLinda Gainey Smock grew up on a small farm in the panhandle of Florida. At the feet of her parents, other family members, teachers, and church leaders, she learned to apply the idioms used in daily conversation to her life and to apply Biblical teachings to her choices.
Linda attended Florida State University and the University of South Florida and has taken classes through several other colleges. She continues to take on-line classes, with Bible Study Fellowship classes among her favorites. Other current classwork includes horticulture, gardening, and her special interest of trees, especially pines.
Linda spent thirty-two years in public education and twelve years in Christian education, all in the area of St. Petersburg, Florida. She has taught Sunday school classes since she was fourteen. During the last fifty years, she has taught classes for all ages except infants. She still enjoys teaching and speaking when her health permits it.
Linda loves the great outdoors, is a Master Gardener, and a want-to-be-birdwatcher. She enjoys butterflies and butterfly gardening. She also enjoys her extended family and her church family. Although married for twenty years, she does not have children and so has enjoyed spoiling her brother’s grandchildren.view less