Jackie Smith

Jacqueline "Jackie" Smith, 72, of Mexico , died at 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 20, 2009, at the home of her son in Sturgeon.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Jerry Ostrom officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery .

Mrs. Smith was born on May 13, 1936, in Culver City , Calif. , a daughter of Chester Cooper and Edith Matilda Woodward Carter. On Feb. 23, 1957, in Rowena, she married William D. Smith, who died on March 13, 2003. She was a member of Maple Grove Methodist Church in Rowena and was active in bowling leagues at Mexico Lanes. She had worked at Roberts Consolidated.

Survivors include two sons, Dwane Smith and wife Liz, Mexico, and Terry Smith and wife Tracy, Sturgeon; one daughter, Leveta Cope and husband Carlos, Auxvasse; three brothers, John Carter and wife Georgia, Washington, Jerry Carter and wife Margaret Ann, Lake St. Louis, and Bob Carter and wife Phyllis, St. Peters; two sisters, Kathleen Smith, Mexico, and Pauline Kuntz and husband Rick, Jefferson City; 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, an infant son, William Dell Jr., and a brother Kenneth Carter preceded her in death.