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Submitted: 6/6/20 • Approved: 6/7/20 • Last Updated: 6/10/20 • R1322158-G1322158-S3
Betty Joe
Nov 7, 1931 - Apr 11, 1989
Father: Samuel Jenkins
Mother: Grace Mae Nelson
Homer Darrell
Mar 19, 1929 - Aug 7, 2016
When Betty Joe Jenkins was born on November 7, 1931, in Augusta, Arkansas, her father, Samuel, was 39, and her mother, Grace, was 36. She married Homer Darrell Schmidt on December 24, 1945, in Woodruff, Arkansas. They had one child during their marriage. She died on April 15, 1989, in Judsonia, Arkansas, at the age of 57, and was buried in Searcy, Arkansas.
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Homer Schmidt, 87, of Judsonia, died Sunday, August 7, 2016 at the Unity Hospital in Searcy. He was born in Judsonia on March 19, 1929 to the late Homer William Schmidt and Violet Lucille Perna-Schmidt. Homer was a member of the World Wide Church of God and studied under Hubert W. Armstrong. He was a self-made man who had many titles in his lifetime. Homer owned and operated many businesses including: produce, trucking, rock masonry, and auto sales with a salvage yard and real estate. Homer loved living in Judsonia near family and friends. He never met a stranger and helped many people along his way. Homer was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather.
He is survived by his son, Michael Schmidt; daughters, Pamela Schmidt and Patricia Thomason; a brother, David Schmidt; sisters, Gloria Treat and Venita Whitener; 17 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Schmidt; a son, Larry Schmidt; daughter, Penny Schmidt-Briggs and his parents.
Visitation will be Friday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Services will be Saturday, August 13, 2016, 2:00 p.m. at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel in Bald Knob. Interment will follow in the White County Memorial Gardens in Searcy. Arrangements entrusted to Powell Funeral Home Bald Knob-Judsonia. www.powellfuneralhome.net
Contributed on 6/6/20 by hawkinsdonna48
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