Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: Edrie Smith ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Patti Pennington ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - October 26, 1999 SMITH Funeral services were October 27 for Edrie Smith of Lake Arthur, NM. Services were held at Calvary Baptist Church in Portales, NM. Smith, 91, died October 23 at her home. Interment was at Portales Cemetery. She was born April 7, 1908, in Leonard, Tex., the daughter of Ellen and James Monroe Frazier. She married Luther Smith in Bonham, Tex., on October 25, 1926. They moved to Lake Arthur in 1928. He preceded her in death in 1932. In 1946 she moved to Portales. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Portales. She moved back to Lake Arthur in 1994, and became a member of First Baptist Church there. Survivors include son Bill Smith, wife Wilma, of Portales; daughter Vera Foster, husband Charles, of Lake Arthur; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one sister; nine brothers; one grandson, Michael Foster, who died as an infant; and son Wesley F. (Bud) Smith, who died in January 1990.