Beckham County, OK - Obits: Edith Belle Smith, 2000

Monday, 9 July 2007

Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)



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SMITH, EDITH BELLE

(Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Beckham Co, Ok, 26 Dec 2000)

Edith Belle Smith

Services for Edith Belle Smith, a resident of Sayre will be Tuesday at

10:30 a.m. at Sayre First Baptist Church officiated by Tom Cooksey and A.

L. Swagerty.  Burial will be at Delhi Cemetery under the direction of Rose

Chapel Funeral Service.

Edith was born July 21, 1910 in Doxey to Grace Belle (Hammon) and Wary

Reyburn.  She died Saturday in Sayre at the Sayre Memorial Hospital at the

age of 90.

Edith attended school at Prairie View.  She was married to Carrol Smith at

Erick on February 12, 1927.  They lived in the Delhi and Sayre communities

where they farmed.  She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School for

many years.  Edith worked at Anthony's for a number of years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and two sisters.

Survivors include her husband, Carrol of the home; four daughters, Louella

Everett of Hollis; Cellia Mae Smith of Erick; Eloise Kamphaus of Elk City;

Phyllis Swagerty and husband A. L. of Fletcher; one son, Freddie Joe Smith

and wife Carolyn of Bedford; three sisters, Margarette Bickerstaff of Red

Oaks, Texas; Nadine Carlise of Mercede, California; Riva Copp of Knnick,

Washington; 16 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; seven great great

grandchildren; and a number of family and friends.