Obit of Smith, Dessie Juanita (s530) - Bryan County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 27 Oct 2004 Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== :Rosewood Cemetery--Achille OK Durant Daily Democrat - 15 Oct 2004 Dessie Juanita (Mitchell) Smith Dessie Juanita (Mitchell) Smith was born Nov. 18, 1912, at Pointe, Texas, to Maggie (Adams) Mitchell and James Lewis Mitchell. On Oct. 12, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. the Lord sent his angels to bring home a wonderful lady with shining eyes and a mischievous smile. At 5 years of age, her family came to Oklahoma in covered wagons, crossing the Red River on a ferry north of Bonham, Texas. They settled east of Achille on a farm and she attended schools in Connally and Achille. On Oct. 5, 1929, she was wed to Norman Lee Smith in Hendrix. They made their home in Yuba and lived there for 41 years until Norman's death in 1971. She then moved to Durant. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, 12 brothers and sisters: Pearl Bigham, Minnie Bigham, Kathleen Harrington, Leta Mae Gray, Forrest Mitchell, Felix Mitchell, Luke Mitchell and Billy Joe Mitchell, Ida Weaver, Gertrude Bullard, Clota Bullard, Fannie Mitchell; daughter Thyra Marie Phee, grandson Edward Jordan Phee, granddaughter Nancy Dieu and son-in-law Robert Phee. She is survived by her son Stanley Joe Smith and wife Delores (Sissy) Smith, Ector, Texas; daughters Norma Jean Cheshier and husband Herman, Mannsville, Texas;, Sandra Mazzone and husband Richard, Durant, and Karen Allen and husband Stephen of Durant; grandchildren Robert Allen Phee and wife, Jordan Stanley Phee and wife Jessie, Daniel Norman Phee and wife, John David Phee and wife Karma, Susan Marie Baker and husband Jim, Jeffrey Herman Cheshier and wife Tisha, Stanley Joe Smith Jr. and wife Keila, Rush Lee Smith, Karen Michelle Boyer and husband Robert Lewis, Richard Louis Mazzone, Stephanie Byrd and husband Jay, Jeffrey Michael Allen; great- grandchildren Danny Phee, Jordan Phee, David Baker, Zachary Dieu, Josh Dieu, Darrian Phee, Natalie Phee, Darby Phee, Nicolie Phee, Brittany Cheshier, Dalton Smith, Shelby Ogle, Tanner Byrd, Blake Boyer and Kaylee Boyer; and several nieces and nephews. She was of hte Baptist faith and read her Bible daily. She never met a stranger and charmed everyone with her wit and easy smile. She loved her children and grandchildrean and told everyone she met how proud she was of them all. She loved to garden and she was happiest when she could be out working in her yard. A service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Coffey-Murray Funeral Chapel with Rev. Charles Howard officiating. Interment will follow at Rosewood Cemetery, Achille, with grandsons serving as pallbearers. Family hour will be from 7-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.htm