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Submitted: 3/22/24 • Approved: 3/25/24 • Last Updated: 3/28/24 • R1524643-G1524642-S3
February 7, 1925 - January 8, 2017
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Juanita Smith, 91 of Baton Rouge, LA and formerly of El Dorado passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017.
Born February 7, 1925 in Ellisville, AR, she was the daughter of Robert Augustus and Clara Emiline Lawton Atkinson. Mrs. Smith was a retired telephone operator with Southwestern Bell and a former member of West Side Baptist Church. She was everything to our family. A very loving, caring and generous person.
Preceding her in death along with her parents were her husband, Jeral L. Smith, Jr., sisters, Annie Lee Schrieber, Ruby Esther Andrews, and Mittie Ruth Enloe and a son-in-law, Lynn May.
Survivors include her daughter, Sherry S. May of Baton Rouge, LA, a brother, Robert Charles Atkinson (Suzanne) of Stephens, AR and a grandson, Jason Ryan Beck of Baton Rouge. Surviving great-grandchildren are Jacob Ryan Beck, Justin Henry Beck, Greyson Beck and Ryan Elizabeth Beck. Also surviving are a niece, Geneie Settje (Clay) and her children, Angela Crouse (Rob) and Jennifer Childress (David), a niece, Paula Gaubert and nephews, Randy Atkinson (Vicki) and Julian Andrews.
Graveside services will be held Friday, January 13, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors with Rev. Chris Warr officiating.
Memorials may be made to the West Side Baptist Church Library Fund, 2400 West Hillsboro, El Dorado, AR 71730. (Young's Funeral Home - El Dorado, Arkansas)
Contributed on 3/22/24 by debbraszymanski
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