Pontotoc Co., OK - Obits: Barbara Helen (Woods) Smith ******************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Rita Floyd USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************* Obituaries from the Ada Evening News, Pontotoc Co., OK. Date of editions are given at beginning of each section. Submitted by Rita Floyd. -------------------------------------------------------- Friday, March 14, 2003 BARBARA SMITH Barbara Helen (Woods) Smith died Tuesday at her son's home in Tulsa, following a long fight against cancer. She was 61. Services are 11:30 a.m. today at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Carl Hayes officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home. Barbara was born June 11, 1941, in Clarita, Coal County, to James Polk (J.P.) Woods and Edith (Scott) Woods. She lived with the family on their farm until they moved to Ada in 1950. She attended schools in Ada and graduated from Ada High School in 1959. She also attended East Central University. Barbara helped her parents with their store, Woods Grocery, and worked as a bookkeeper at J. Kent Smith Jewelers before marrying in 1963 and having two sons, Michael and Drew. Barbara's family moved from Ada to Oklahoma City, Columbus, Ohio, twice to Tulsa and twice to Tempe, Arizona, before settling again in Ada in 1979. She was a homemaker for several years before returning to work at K­Mart in Ada in 1987, serving as a department manager until late 1999 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She loved her family and friends and found great joy in her pair of 3-year-old grandchildren. She loved her K­Mart "family" of close friends and co-workers who showed her much love and support. Barbara is survived by son, Michael Smith, daughter-in­law Colleen Almeida Smith and granddaughter Melina Smith, all of Tulsa, and son Drew Smith, daughter-in-law Anita Smith and grandson Ian Smith, all of Norman; a brother, James E. Woods and his wife, Nancy Woods, of Oklahoma City; and two nieces, one nephew and many other cousins and relatives. Pallbearers are Doug Smith, Alan Woods, Jack McNutt, Tim Friar, Brian Cagle and Kenny Sleigh. Family and friends would like to thank Helen, Frances, Luvenia and the many other loving hospice employees of St. John Home Health and Hospice; and thanks also to Dr. M.F. Kanaa and his nurses Renee, Kristi and Tammy, who were trusted friends for more than three years. Friends are making memorial donations to St. John Home Health and Hospice in Tulsa. Criswell Funeral Home