Beckham Co OK - Obit for Mary Smith 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/ ************************************************************************* Mary Smith Mary Smith, 79, of Amarillo died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Memorial Park Cemetery with Dr. Ron Mueller, of Palo Duro Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Mrs. Smith moved from Gresham, Ore., to Amarillo in 1946. She married Lorene G. Smith on April 8, 1944, in Elk City, Okla. She was a former member of Sanborn Baptist Church and a homemaker. She had been active in bowling, needlecraft and enjoyed crossword puzzles. She also won a first prize for her canning at the Tri-State Fair. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 2, 1993. Survivors include two sons, John L. Smith and Paul N. Smith, both of Amarillo; a sister, Hazel Jefferies of Amarillo; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 27, 2002