Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, DEBORAH LYNN HOLMES September 16, 2009
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News Star World - September 18, 2009
DEBORAH LYNN HOLMES SMITH
Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road, Monroe

A celebration for the life of Deborah Lynn Holmes Smith, 50, will be held 
Saturday, September 19 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe. A 
memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM for family and close friends, with 
Dr. James Potts officiating, with visitation to follow. She died in Glenwood 
Regional Medical Hospital the morning of September 16 after a nearly three 
year courageous fight with cancer. In accordance with her wishes, her body was 
cremated.

She is survived by her husband of 28 years, Steven J. Smith; her parents, Pam 
and Jerry Holmes; her brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Serena Holmes; her 
great aunt, Sarah Richmond; and several sisters, April Martin, Julie Le Fleur 
and her husband Roger, Mary Robertson and her husband George, Gigi Nolte 
Turner and her husband Michael, Deborah Daren Glenn, and Sharon Seabaugh; very 
good friends, Ilana Wahler, Doyle Wilson, Jody Moorehead, Ken Brown and Lynn, 
and Mark Moore, all of Monroe; her mother-in-law, Barbara Stanford; two 
sisters-in-law and their husbands, Karen and Jerry McIntyre and Linda and Dick 
Dupree, all of Oak Grove.

Deborah was born in Tylertown, MS, educated in Monroe, received the Associate 
Degree in Horticulture and a BS with a concentration in business from NLU. She 
worked at the Palace, Wellans, and Royal Feed and Seed, as well as being 
involved in craft work. She loved music, reading, traveling, family and 
friends, and her beloved cats, Gizmo, Hoover, and Eureka.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Robert Elliott and Dr. Bryan Barnett and the 
staff of the Elliott, Elliott, and Head Breast Oncology Unit of Baton Rouge 
and the hospitalists and staff of Glenwood Regional Medical Center, especially 
Dr. Ron Hammett and the ICU staff for their care of Debbie. She did not "go 
gentle into that good night." Throughout this time the family has been blessed 
again with the value of friendship.

In lieu of flowers, any desired memorials could be made to the Susan J. Komen 
Breast Cancer Fund or to the River Cities Humane Society for Cats.


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