Beckham County, OK - Obits: Aaron F. Smith, 2002 Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************************************ 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Aaron F. Smith Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Brooks Funeral Directors Chapel in Canyon with Mike Suiter, pastor of San Jacinto Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon. Mr. Smith was born Dec. 14, 1930, in Erick, Okla., to Cecil and Mamie Hamilton Smith. He graduated from Erick High School in 1948 and married Esther Jean Higgins in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 10, 1953. He joined the Air Force in 1950 and served during the Korean War. He retired from Asarco Zinc Smelter after working there for 15 years. He was a member of San Jacinto Church of Christ. Survivors include three daughters, Linda Cotter of Canyon and Kathy Davis and Carol Thaggard, both of Amarillo; two brothers, Hoyt Smith of Amarillo and Eldon Smith of Pampa; a sister, Yvonne Moler of Pampa; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Senior Citizens Association, 1300 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79101. Amarillo Globe-News, April 17, 2002