SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Linda Gail Perry Emsweller, 62, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of Jerry Robert Emsweller, died Friday afternoon, December 11, 2009, at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Lester Perry and the late Cleo Wasson Perry. Linda was a member of Central Christian Church and was a homemaker. She loved her family and particularly enjoyed finishing puzzles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Frankie Riner, and two brothers, Danny Perry and George Perry.

Surviving are her husband of 43 years, Jerry Robert Emsweller of Savannah, Georgia; two daughters, Susan Nicole Coulter and her husband, Shawn, of Rincon, Georgia, and Jenny Lynn Davis and her husband, William Joe Davis, Jr., of Savannah, Georgia; two sons, Terry R. Emsweller and Patrick Ryan Emsweller and his wife, Tiffany Marie, all of Savannah, Georgia; seven grandchildren, Haley Coulter, Zoey Coulter, Cody Coulter, Dylan Emsweller, Emma Davis, Alexander Emsweller and Jason Emsweller; five sisters including her twin, Brenda Deal and her husband, Waddy, of Statesboro, Georgia, Judy Taylor and her husband, Tommy, and Peggy Otto and her husband, Glenn, all of Savannah, Georgia, Patsy Morris and her husband, Scott, of Rincon, Georgia, and Helen Sherrod and her husband, Arthur, of Midville, Georgia, and her brother-in-law, Danny Emsweller and his wife, Michelle, of Atlanta, Georgia.

The family will receive friends from 2 until 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

The funeral service will be held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by Minister Lionel Marmolejo.  Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.