Meet Our Staff

Linda Newsom

Managing Partner

Linda was born and raised in Lawton and graduated from Lawton High School. Linda worked at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for many years as an operator and later as a service representative. She held the office of Vice President of Operator Services with Communication Workers of America Local #6009 and served in many offices with the Telephone Pioneers Club, including President. In 1998, she returned to college to fulfill her dream of caring for families in their darkest hour. "I felt a calling to help and serve the people of this wonderful community that has been so good to my family and me over the years."

She graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in Funeral Science. At UCO, she was a member of Sigma Phi Sigma.

Linda has served two terms as an Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association Chairperson and also served two terms as District 4 Governor for OFDA. She serves on the Arts For All Gala Committee and is a member of the Lawton Business Women's Association and Great Plaines Ambucs.

Linda is married to Kevin, and they have one son, Mathis, and a granddaughter, Millie. She and her husband travel to Port Aransas several times a year to deep sea fish, and she competes locally and at the state level for her canned jellies, jams, and pickles, for which she has received many ribbons, including several "Best of Show" ribbons and many first-place awards.

Kevin Hand

Grounds Superintendent

Kevin has nearly 25 years of continuous service at the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. He is "The Sexton" of the cemetery, its corresponding offices, and mausoleums. He comes from a line of funeral service personnel as he is now the third generation in the business.

Mallory Brown

Administrative Assistant

Telephone: 1-580-536-1065

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Liz Manring

Administrative Assistant

Telephone: 1-580-536-1065

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Scott Race

Grounds Crew

Scott has worked with the cemetery for quite some time. After a brief change in career, where he worked with Goodyear tire company, he returned to the Sunset Memorial Gardens family.