Funeral service for Linda Etheredge Dittman 59 who died Wednesday August 4 2004 with her loving family by her bedside at Halifax Medical Center will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday August 7 at the Port Orange Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Fred Wallis officiating. The minister will be assisted by Chaplain Jim Smith of Halifax Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today Friday August 6 at Baggett and Summers Funeral Home. Mrs. Dittman was born in Selma AL to Sam and Nellie Etheredge while her father was serving in India with the Air Transport Command. she didn''''t meet her dad until she was 18 months old. Two years later she soon was joined by a brother Sam Jr. The entire family moved to the Daytona Beach area in 1960. She graduated from Mainland High School in 1964 and married her high school sweetheart Bob Dittman the next year. The have two children a son Boo and a daughter Tammy. The entire Etheredge family''''s lives were shattered on Christmas morning 1980 when Sam Jr. a Daytona Beach police officer was murdered in the line of duty. In the 24 years since then Linda and her parents dedicated themselves to preserving his memory. Mrs. Dittman a homemaker was a wonderful wife mother daughter and loving grandmother and an avid bowler. Survivors in addition to her husband and parents include her son Boo daughter-in-law Jennifer their daughter Amber; daughter Tammy Liles son-in-law Brian and their children Jennifer Matthew and Jonathan. Donations in her memory may be made to the Port Orange Church of the Nazarene Church building fund 840 Taylor Rd. Port Orange Fl 32127. Friends may sign the guestbook at www.gaggettandsummersfh.com Arrangements are under the careful direction of Baggett and Summers Funeral Home.