Linda Roman

August 7, 1950 - April 22, 2019

Linda Rayburn Roman, 68 of Graceville, Florida formerly of Tampa, Florida, passed away, Saturday, April 22, 2019 at Northwest Florida Community Hospital following a sudden illness. Linda was born in Dothan, Alabama on August 7, 1950 to the late S. W. and Burnell Bailey Rayburn. Linda received a degree in marketing from the University of Florida in 1972 followed by earning an MBA from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida in 1973. She began her retail career at Maas Brothers in Tampa in 1974 holding various positions in the stores as well as central office. Her last job at Maas was Divisional Merchandise Manager, where she was a member of the corporations Management Board. After Mass Brothers closed due to a merger with Burdines she went to work for Sears in 1994 where she was a Store Manager in Titusville, FL. In the late 1990's Linda moved to Key West to work for former Maas Brothers SVP Dan Bazo as Retail Store Manager of 'Key West Handprint'. She eventually moved back to Tampa and joined Neiman Marcus in 2003 as Generals Sales Manager of the Gift Gallery. Memorialization was by cremation with burial in Malvern Baptist Church Cemetery in Malvern, Alabama.