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Ethel Christine BILDERBACK SMITH

Sonora (Sonora) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

Eulis
July 10, 1925 - April 22, 1991

Ethel
September 19, 1925 - November 9, 2006

*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Saturday, November 11, 2006

SPRINGDALE — Ethel Christine Bilderback Smith, 81, of Springdale died Nov. 9, 2006, at Fayetteville. She was born Sept. 19, 1925, in Prairie Grove to Vernon and Florence Wolf Bilderback. She was a member of Mercy and Grace Cathedral in Springdale and was retired from the poultry industry. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eulis Oren Smith, in 1991, and one son, Vernon Bessie Smith.

Survivors include her children, Cecil Smith and Virginia Kettner, both of Forum, Anna McGinnis of Goshen, Earl Smith of Forum, Gary Smith of Huntsville, Wanda Walker of Springdale, Gerald Smith of West Fork, Bobby Smith of Fayetteville, Brenda Smith, Carral Smith, and Lisa Phipps, all of Springdale; 45 grandchildren; 90 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Johnny Bilderback of Fayetteville and Mike Bilderback of Tontitown; one sister, Hazel Ledbetter of Springdale.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy and Grace Cathedral with the Rev. Euel Bilderback, the Rev. Larry Marler and the Rev. Wesley McGinnis officiating. The Rev. Cliff Copher will deliver the eulogy.

Burial will be in Sonora Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the church.

Pallbearers will be Don Smith, Dean McGinnis, Brandon Phipps, Bradley Smith, Jeremy Watson and Michael Schneider Jr.

Honorary pallbearers will be Darrell Smith, Cody Smith, John Bilderback, Mike Bilderback and Holmer Smith.

Arrangements are by Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale, online at www.backstrom-pyeatte.com.

Married August 8, 1942

Contributed on 6/18/14 by wfields55
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Submitted: 6/18/14 • Approved: 6/19/14 • Last Updated: 6/22/14 • R1013348-G1013346-S3

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