McKinley Co. NM - OBIT:  Lawrence Smith Sr.

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Submitted by:  Kathy Pitts  ellen@oio.net
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LAWRENCE SMITH SR.

     CONTINENTAL DIVIDE--A funeral for Lawrence O. Smith Sr., 62, will be at
10 a.m. Saturday at Rollie Mortuary-Palm Chapel in Gallup with the Rev.
Douglas McNeil officiating.  Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in
Gallup with graveside military services.
     He died Tuesday at Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque.  He was born Jan.
15, 1925, in Nelson, Okla.
     He was a truck driver for Brentari Oil for 20 years.  He was a World
War II Army Veteran, serving in New Guinea and the southern Philippines and
earning a variety of commendations.
     Survivors include his wife:  Irene of Continental Divide; two sons:
Lawrence Jr. and Kenneth, both of Gallup; two daughters:  Carolyn Juarez of
Gallup and Sandra Smith of Continental Divide; mother:  Elizabeth of Mena,
Ark.; two brothers:  Homer of Smithville, Ark., and Elvis of Hatfield, Ark.;
five sisters:  Mary Urbanek of Tampa, Fla., Minnie Thornell of Texarkana,
Ark., Martha Caldwell of Mesquite, Texas, Lillie Ahern of Crandell, Texas
and Tima Smith of Mena, Ark., and two grandchildren.
     Pallbearers will be Floyd Morgan, Raymond Juarez, James Hughes, Eugene
Pacheco, John Lloyd and Charles Cooper.
     Honorary pallbearers will be john Brentari and Robert Lucero.
     In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the
American Cancer Society.
     A reception will follow the burial at St. Bonaventure Mission in Thoreau.
     Rollie Mortuary of Gallup is in charge of arrangements.

Kathy Pitts
Collection of Josephine (Bohanan) Smith


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The Lord is my shepherd:  I
shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures:  He leadeth me
beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul He leadeth
me in the paths of righteousness
for his names sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley 
of the shadow of death, I will fear
no evil: for thou art with me, thy
rod and thy staff they comfort me
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies
thou anointest my head with oil: my
cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life;
and I will dwell in the house of
the Lord for ever

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Lawrence O. Smith, Sr.
January 15, 1925-October 27, 1987

Place and Time of Service
Rollie Mortuary-Palm Chapel
Saturday-October 31, 1987- 10:00 A.M.

Officiating
Father Douglas McNeil

Interment
Sunset Memorial Park
The Garden of the Good Shepherd

Pallbearers
Floyd Morgan       Raymond Juarez
James Hughes       Eugene Pacheco
John Lloyd         Charles Cooper

Honorary Pallbearers
John Brentari      Robert Lucero

Arrangements by
Rollie Mortuary

A reception will be held at the St. Bonaventure Mission Hall following services.

Kathy Pitts
Collection of Josephine (Bohanan) Smith