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Submitted: 10/2/15 • Approved: 10/3/15 • Last Updated: 3/14/17 • R1100695-G1100694-S3
Talmage 23 Jan 1918 - 07 Jun 2009 obituary
Opal 23 Apr 1913 - 15 Nov 2008 obituary
Marriage: 16 Nov 1941
Talmadge served the US Army & Air Corp in WWII. Talmage the son of Amos Lee Smithee and Louie L (Norris) Smithee. Opal the daughter of James Frank Lackey and Sarah Jane (Milligan) Lackey.
Talmage Smithee age 91 of Batesville died Sunday June 7, 2009 at the Batesville Healthcare Center. He was born January 23, 1918 at Shelbyville, Arkansas to Lee and Louie Norris Smithee. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during WWII, owner of Smithee Service and Repair and a member of the 20th Street Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Opal Lackey Smithee, one brother, B.W. Smithee and one sister, Maurine Porter.
Survivors include one son, Bobby Smithee of Batesville, one daughter, Sharon Gardner of Arkadelphia, one brother, Junior Smithee of Batesville, two sisters, Helen Smithee of Batesville and Bernice Wilcox of Little Rock, one grandson, Jonathan Gardner of Knoxville, Tennessee, four granddaughters, Monica Buxton of Russellville, Andrea Brady of Cabot, Julie Shelby of Bryant and Karen Williams of Canton, Georgia, eight great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will begin Tuesday June 9, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Qualls Batesville Funeral Service Chapel with Bro. Carley Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Milligan Campground Cemetery located near Strawberry with arrangements by Qualls Batesville Funeral Service of Batesville.
Visitation will begin Monday June 8, 2009 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.
Pallbearers will be David Smithee, Jonathan Gardner, Eric Shelby, Nathan Shelby, Chris Buxton and David Gardner.
Honorary pallbearers are Wayne Turner and Lawrence Gattis. Obituary courtesy of Qualls Funeral Home.
Opal Smithee, age 95 of Batesville died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the Batesville Healthcare Center in Batesville. She was born April 23, 1913 at Shelbyville, Arkansas to Frank and Sarah Jane (Milligan) Lackey. She waroked and took care of her family on the farm until moving to Batesville in 1969 where she worked for Arkansas Poultry. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and sewing. She was a member of the 20th Street Missionary Baptist Church in Batesville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Alpheus Lackey and Ottis Lackey and two sisters, Annie Turner and Maudie Lackey.
Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Talmage Smithee of Batesville, one son, Bobby Smithee of Batesville, one daughter, Sharon Gardner of Arkadelphia, one grandson, Jonathan Gardner of Knoxville, Tennessee, four granddaughters, Monica Buxton of Russellville, Andrea Kelly of Cabot, Julie Shelby of Bryant and Karen Williams of Canton, Georgia, eight great grandchildren several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will begin Monday, November 17, 2008 ay 2:00 p.m. at the Qualls Batesville Funeral Service Chapel in Batesville with Bro. Grayden Milligan officiating. Burial will follow in the Milligan Campground Cemetery located near Strawberry with arrangements by Qualls Batesville Funeral Service of Batesville.
Visitation will be Monday, November 17, 2008 from 12:30 until service time.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Gardner, Junior Smithee, Chris Buxton, Eric Shelby, Nathan Shelby and Mike Lakey.
Contributed on 10/2/15 by denise.bratcher63
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