Obit of Leta Mae [Teeter] Smith (s530) - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandi Carter   <SandKatC@aol.com>  28 Mar 2002
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The Chickasha Express-Star
? February 2002

Leta Mae [Teeter] Smith

Leta Mae Smith, daughter of Fonzo and Junia C. Cook Teeter, was born 
February 28, 1905, in Indian Territory, near Tipton, Oklahoma.  She 
departed this life Saturday, February 16, 2002, in Webco Manor, in 
Marchfield, Missouri, at the age of ninety-six years, eleven months, 
and eighteen days.

On December 25, 1928, she was united in marriage to Eugene Virgil Smith, 
and to this union one daughter and one son were born.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene, in 1978; 
and two brothers, George and Carl Teeter.

Leta Mae is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Jolene and Charles 
Waller, of Seymour, Missouri; a son and daughter-in-law, Darrell E. and 
Dee Smith, of Colleyville, Texas; two grandsons, Gary E. Waller, of Maple 
Valley, Washington, and Richard Sealy, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; six 
great-grandchildren; a sister, LaWanda Roberts, and her husband, John R., 
of Phoenix, Arizona; a number of nieces and nephews; as well as a host 
of other relatives and friends.

She was born and raised in the Indian Territory in Oklahoma, and had 
lived in the Indian dugout homes.  She then moved with her family in a 
covered wagon to Phoenix, Arizona, for a few years, before returning to 
Oklahoma.  She and Eugene were married in Chickasha, Oklahoma and made 
their home in Minco, Oklahoma, where they lovingly raised their children.  
In 1981, she moved to Seymour, Missouri, to be near her daughter and her 
family.  Throughout the years, Leta Mae was a devoted and hardworking 
homemaker.

Leta Mae was saved and baptized by Ed Gregory on May 4, 1919, at the 
Rocky Baptist Church, in Rocky, Oklahoma.  She was currently a member 
of the Diggins Baptist Church.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 
in the Evergreen Cemetery, Minco, Oklahoma.

Arrangements are under the direction of Holman-Howe Funeral Home of 
Seymour, Missouri