Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  WILLIAM BRUCE SMITH

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WILLIAM BRUCE SMITH

OCNS - November 26, 2001 - Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 p.m., 
in the House of Fellowship Church at Barnsdall, Oklahoma, for William 
Bruce Smith, 38, who died Friday in an automobile accident.

Services were performed by Ministers Barry Gott, David Downing and M.E. 
Anthony Jr. with intement in the Ethel Reece Cemetery under the direction 
of the Stumpff Funeral Home, Barnsdall.

Casket escorts were Dale Eastwood, Kevin Anthony, Bobby Hatfield, Jimmy 
Hatfield, Mike Moore and John Hibdon.   Honorary casket escorts were Gene 
Long and Steve Meyers. 

Mr. Smith was born June 9, 1963, at Pawhuska, Oklahoma, to William M. and 
Alice Ann (Starks) Smith.   He was reared and received his education in 
Avant and Barnsdall, graduating with the Barnsdall High School class of 
1981. Following graduation, he has been employed in the family business, 
Smith Well Service, Inc.   He was married to Cheryl Cornett on March 19, 
1987, in Pawhuska.   Mr. Smith has made his home in Avant most of his life.

Survivors include his wife, Cheryl Smith of the home in Avant, two sons, 
William Allen Smith and Kenneth Ray Smith, both of the home; his parents, 
Bill and Ann Smith of Barnsdall; one step-daughter, Carmen Spencer of 
Pawhuska; one step-son, Dustin Cornett of Avant; one brother, Andy Smith 
of Avant; two sisters, Debra Pinney of Bartlesville and Cathy Wilson of 
Auburn, Kansas, and three step-children.