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Submitted: 6/4/24 • Approved: 6/22/24 • Last Updated: 6/25/24 • R1533768-G1533766-S3
J D
Aug 18, 1933 - April 6, 1991
Marie
June 26, 1933 - Aug 28, 2016
*Obituary
Marie Smithers, 83, of San Antonio, Texas, and former long-time resident of Russellville, Arkansas, passed away from this life to her new heavenly home on August 27, 2016, at the San Antonio Downtown Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. She was born June 26, 1933 in Carlisle, Arkansas to Lavon and Ernestine Holden Gunn. She was the owner of Smithers Realty, being one of the first female real estate brokers in the River Valley, and was the first woman to work at Arkansas Nuclear Plant (ANO) for Bechtel. She and her husband, J. D. Smithers, started Smithers Construction. She loved to play bridge and enjoyed all of her bridge friends. She was a woman of strong faith, believing in the power and strength of Jesus Christ's love and the beauty and peace that would await her after her passing. She was a wonderful and devoted mother that loved her children deeply and raised them in the ways of the Lord Jesus Christ. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, J. D. Smithers; a son, John Douglas Smithers; a grandson, James Joshua "JJ" Brooks; a sister, Flo Jared; two brothers, Otha Gunn and Milton Gunn; and a beloved sister-in-law, Rachel Gunn. Survivors included her husband, Robert Farrar; a daughter, Yvonne DeLynn Smithers (Gary Detherage); a son, Jeff Smithers (Lori) of Fredricksburg, Texas; a sister, Jean Vaught of Wynn; a sister-in-law, Willie Jeff Ison of Benton; and two grandsons, Jake Smithers of Portland, Oregon and Luke Smithers of New York, New York. Service were held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 1, 2016, at the First Baptist Church of Russellville, with the Rev. Stephen Davis, the Rev. Tom Walker and the Rev. Greg Sykes officiating. Burial was in the Fowler Cemetery at Paron, under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville. Pallbearers were Fred Gunn, Jake Smithers, Luke Smithers, Scot Hill, Don Jared and Gary Detherage.
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