Obituary of JR & Ocie Smith
The following was in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on March 4, 2003. JR
The
following was in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on March 4, 2003.
ROPESVILLE — Services for JR Smith, 90, of Ropesville will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ropesville Church of Christ with Bob Reynolds and Oscar Batten officiating.
Burial will be in Ropesville Cemetery under the direction of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
He died Monday, March 3, 2003, in Ropesville.
He was born Oct. 23, 1912, in Woody. He was
a resident of Ropesville since 1947. He married Ocie 
Beryl Beeman on June 26, 1932, in
New Mexico. She died Jan. 1, 2003. He was a World War II Army Air
Corp veteran. He operated an auto- repair business and farmed in
the Ropesville community. He was a member of Ropesville
Church of Christ and Ropesville Lions Club.
He was preceded in death by a son, Mickey Smith in October of 1973.
Survivors include three sons, James Smith of Graham, John Smith of Ropesville and Gerald Smith of Lubbock; two daughters, Donnie Allen of Ropesville and Martha Vaughan of El Paso; 16 grandchildren; 36 great- grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to a favorite charity.
Visitation
is from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Ropesville Cemetery under the direction of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home of Lubbock.
She died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2003.
She was born May 20, 1914, in Richland, N.M., and had been a resident of Ropesville since 1947. She married JR Smith on June 26, 1932, in New Mexico. She was a homemaker and a member of the Nazarene Church of Ropesville, where she taught Sunday school, served as missionary president and on the church board for many years.
A son, Mickey, died in October 1973.
Survivors include her husband; three sons, James of Graham, John of Ropesville and Gerald of Lubbock; two daughters, Donnie Allen of Ropesville and Martha Vaughan of El Paso; two sisters, Leona McMillan of Merryville, La., and Dorothy Broxon of Mississippi; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Nazarene Church of Ropesville or a favorite charity.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
