Obituary of Elsie Morris Smith, Grant Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Jackie Dill Date: 2 Aug 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Elsie Morris Smith Elsie Morris Smith, 78, of Sheridan, Ark., was born June 12, 1923, in Sheridan to the late Daniel (Koon) Mooris and Allie (Dollie) Talbert Morris. She died Sept. 24, 2001 in the Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett. Mrs. Smith was a retired high school cafeteria cook, a member of Egypt Missionary Baptist Church at Hamburg, and was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Lloyd Oby Smith Sr., who died April 9, 2001. Survivors are her sons and their wives: Oby and Carolyn Smith of Sheridan and William James and Nancy Smith of Hamburg; a step- brother: Danny Morris of Sheridan; sister: Malissie Gates of Pine Bluff; four grandchildren and their spouses: Clayton and Julie Smith, Jason and Cindi Smith, Beverly and Stephen Ward, Shelly and Chris Elmore; and seven great-grandchildren C.J., Kylie, Samuel, Rena, Jacob, Sarah and Allie. Funeral services were held Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. in the Buie Funeral Home Chapel in Sheridan. The Rev. Dale Crumby and the Rev. Jason Smith officiated. Burial was in the Lost Creek Cemetery in Sheridan. Pallbearers were: Clayton Smith, Jimmy Craig, Chris Elmore, John Craig, Sparky Hedden, Gary Kelly, Rayvon Vailes and Stephen Ward. Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Diabetic Association.