Velinda Salyers was a joyful, inquisitive, and loving person.  Born in Floyd County, Kentucky as the youngest of 7 kids, she always rose to the occasion, starting with the responsibility as a teenager of spending nights caring for her terminally ill father. After graduating from Maytown High School, she attended Alice Lloyd College and then Berea College.

She then joined her oldest brother Glen in Texas, first working in a jewelry store where she developed a discerning eye for things that sparkled.  Ambitious, she took classes at night while working full time and earned a computer science degree at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, part of her decades-long technology career at St Luke’s Health in Houston, Texas.
She loved quilts and other fine crafts, live music and searching for the perfect piece of vintage jewelry.  She also adored and followed the careers of her niece and two nephews.  With her sister Reba, she loved to travel the world together– visiting Spain, France, Colombia and many other far-flung places.  Velinda passionately supported pet rescue, and she adored her two rescue cats.

There will be a service to honor her wonderful life at Hall Funeral Home in Martin, KY on Monday, October 25, 2021 at 1 PM.