Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, BOBBIE WALTERS January 29, 2017
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News Star World - January 31, 2017
BOBBIE WALTERS SMITH

Funeral service for Mrs. Bobbie Walters Smith died on January 29, 2017. A 
celebration of life will be held at 2:00PM Tuesday, January 31, 2017, in the 
chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe with Rev. R.C. Smith, 
Jr. and Rev. James Doughty officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn 
Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Smith was born on October 14, 1930, in Lake Providence, LA. Her parents 
were W. B. and Mollie Copeland Walters. At age 50, she enrolled at Northeast 
Louisiana University (now ULM) where she earned a degree in social work and 
graduating Magna Cum Laude and was initiated into Phi Kappa Phi.

Mrs. Smith was a Christian, baptized in Calvary Baptist Church at the age of 
13. In 1946 Bobbie married James T. Smith of Monroe, a marriage that lasted 
66 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter, Linda Johnson, 
her parents, four brothers, four sisters, and a niece.

In 1981, Mrs. Smith joined the Ouachita Parish Women's Republican Club, 
serving as board member, as Secretary and as First Vice President. A hi-
light of her years with Republican Women came in 2007 when Bobbie was one of 
four Louisiana women invited to the White House for a luncheon with First 
Lady Laura Bush.

Mrs. Smith was an active member of First Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. She 
taught 4th graders in Sunday School for 10 years, was a member of the 
building committee when the Children's Education Building was constructed 
and was involved in the missions organizations of the church. At the time of 
her death, she was a much loved member of the Friendship Sunday School 
Class.

In 1975, the Smiths began volunteering with Southern Baptists' Volunteer 
Christian Builders. Traveling to 15 states over 31 years, and driving over 
100,000 miles, they helped build 125 churches, many of these in areas that 
never had a Baptist church.

Mrs. Smith is survived by three nieces, Michelle Kissel and Eleanor Lincoln 
of New Windsor, New York ; and Marcie Shelton of Flint TX; a special nephew, 
Rev. R. C. Smith, Jr. of West Monroe, LA; and son-in-law, Randy Johnson of 
Shreveport, LA.

Visitation will be Tuesday from 12:00PM until service time at Mulhearn 
Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 201 St. John Street, Monroe, 
LA 71201or Wounded Warriors Project, 4899 Belfort Rd. Suite 300, 
Jacksonville, FL 32256.

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road

Monroe, LA

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