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Submitted: 1/11/20 • Approved: 1/12/20 • Last Updated: 1/15/20 • R1290190-G1290189-S3
Jay 26 Jul 1935 - 19 Mar 2008
Pat 12 Mar 1938 - 19 Feb 2003
Marriage:
Jesse "Jay" Lewis Smith husband of Patricia Ann (Guthrie) Smith. Jesse "Jay" Lewis Smith son of Jesse Lee Smith and Gertrude Hawkins Smith. Patricia Ann (Guthrie) Smith daughter of William Guthrie and Nona Dale Davis.
Jesse "Jay" Lewis Smith, age 72 of Pleasant Plains, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at his residence. He was born on July 26, 1935 in Tyronza, Arkansas to Jesse Lee and Gertrude Hawkins Smith.
Jay was a retired truck driver for Conley trucking, and a lifetime resident of Pleasant Plains, who attended Cornerstone Methodist Church.
He is preceded in death by his wife Pat, parents, son, Kenneth, brother, and a sister.
Survivors include his wife, Rebecca, four sons, Jesse Smith, Billy Smith, Ronnie Smith, and Donnie Smith; one daughter, Patti Roark, and a step-daughter, Amy King all of Pleasant Plains, a sister Geneva Sills of Cherryville, Indiana, 12 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, and two daughter in laws, Pam and Lavonda, and one son in law David.
Services will be Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Willis Funeral Service Chapel with Steve Long officiating.
Burial will follow in the Mc Mullin Cemetery in Pleasant Plains with Kevin Gilbert, Roland Gilbert, Mark Carpenter, Ethan Carpenter, Noal Stanford, and Gaylord Freeman as pallbearers.
Visitation will be Friday, March 21, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Willis Funeral Service in Batesville.
Obituary located through Willis Funeral Home Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas published Mar 2008.
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Also, that of his wife,
Patricia Ann Guthrie Smith, 64, of Pleasant Plains died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003, at Little Rock.
Born March 12, 1938, in Wynne, she was the daughter of William Guthrie and Nona Dale Davis. She was a truck driver for Conley Transport Co. and of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Jay Smith; four sons, Jesse Smith and Ronnie Smith, both of Pleasant Plains, Billy Smith and Donnie Smith, both of Vilonia; a daughter, Patty Choates of Pleasant Plains; her mother, of Harrisburg; three brothers, Gordan Davis of Phoenix, Clifford Davis of Dallas and John Davis of Sherman, Texas; three sisters, Mary Jane Davis of Fisher, Nona Fay Grojean and Sarah Davis, both of Sherman; 10 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father; a son, Kenneth Wayne Smith; a sister, Betty Swenney; and a brother, William Guthrie.
Burial will be in McMullin Cemetery at Pleasant Plains.
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Contributed on 1/11/20
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Record #: 1290190