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William D.
“Bill” Smith 69, of Mexico, died at 12:40 a.m. today at Audrain
Medical Center.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2003, at Pickering Funeral Home with
the Rev. Jerry Ostrom officiating. Visitation will be from 6 until 8
p.m. Friday, March 14, at Pickering Funeral Home. Burial will be in
Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born on
November 18, 1933, in Mexico, a son of Sylvester Robert and Cassie
Loraine Roberts Smith. He was a graduate of Mexico High School, and
worked as an insurance salesman for Prudential for ten years and Western
Southern for eight years. On Feb. 23, 1957, he married Jacqueline Lee
Carter in Rowena, Mo. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean
Conflict.
He was a charter member
of the Mexico Lanes Men’s Bowling Association, and had been a member
of the Optimist club.
In addition to his wife
Jackie, survivors include his mother, Cassie Holtkamp, Indianapolis; two
sons, Dwane Smith and his wife Liz, Mexico, and Terry Smith and his wife
Tracy, Sturgeon; a daughter Leveta Cope and her husband Carlos, Hatton;
two sisters, Janet Patterson and her husband Tony, Indianapolis, and
Garlene Crowdis and her husband Ronnie, Indianapolis; other siblings
Helen Golden, June Smith, Nancy Smith, Junior Smith, and Becky
Poindexter all of Mexico, Mrs. Dorothy Lear and her husband Roscoe,
Hatton, and Mrs. Mary Bell Simmerman and her husband Charles, Centralia;
and 13 grandchildren.
An infant son, William
Dell, Jr., a brother, Gene Smith, and a sister, Pat Hartje, preceded him
in death.
Memorials may be given to
Audrain Hospice in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 North Western,
Mexico, MO 65265. |
