Obit of Smith, Charles Eldon "Charlie" - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     9 Oct 2005
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Surnames: SMITH, WORKMAN, AUSTIN, WATTS, SWANSON, TACKETT, BEAMGUARD, 
HOLLOWAY, DEAN, ELLIOTT

from 3-6-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Charles E. Smith

Mr. Charles Eldon "Charlie" Smith, 52, husband of Mrs. Terry L. (Workman) 
Smith, and resident of Dewey, died at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday in the Jane 
Phillips Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Funeral services for Mr. Smith will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday in the 
Chapel of the Arnold Moore - Dewey Funeral Home. Father Stephen Austin 
will be the officiant. Private family rites will be directed by the Arnold 
Moore - Dewey Funeral Home.

A native of Oklahoma, Charles Eldon "Charlie" Smith was born in 
Bartlesville on October 14, 1950. He was the son of John C. and Ruth Ann 
(Watts) Smith. Charles was reared and received his education in St. John 
Parochial School andthe Bartlesville Schools. Charlie was graduated with 
the Senior Class of 1968 from the College High School. He and Kathleen Sue 
Swanson were married in Bartlesville and they made their first home in 
Dewey. Charles joined the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Union #397. He had been 
a firefighter with the City of Bartlesville Fire Department. He and Terry 
Lou Workman were married in Miami, Okla. on March 13, 1987 and they made 
their home in Dewey. Mr. Smith continued his plumbing and pipefitting 
occupation. The Smith's had continued their residence in Dewey living in 
retirement.

Charlie was a member of the St. John Catholic Church, the Plumbers and 
Pipe fitters Local #430 (formerly known as Local #397). He was an ardent 
fisherman and hunter and was a member of the Bartlesville Bass Masters, 
the OK Gun Club, and the American Quarter Horse Association.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Terry L. (Workman) Smith, of the Dewey home; 
two sons, Dexter Wayne and his wife, Joan, Perkins, Okla. and Justin 
Thomas Smith, Dewey, Okla.; two daughters, Ms. Janette Marie Smith, 
Bartlesville and Ms. Rebecca Ruth Smith of the Dewey home; his parents, 
John C. and Ruth Ann (Watts) Smith, Copan, Okla.; three sisters, Ms. Sarah 
Estell Tackett, Mrs. Larry (Mary Ellen) Beamguard and Mrs. Jimmie D. (Judy 
Elaine) Holloway, all of Bartlesville; two grandchildren, Chloe Ann Dean 
and Devon James Dean; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and 
a host of friends. Preceding him in death were a sister, Jeanne Renae 
Elliott and two brothers, Jack Edward Smith and Thomas Edwin Smith.
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