SMITH (VETERAN 2 WARS), GUY ELVIN - Baxter County, Arkansas | GUY ELVIN SMITH (VETERAN 2 WARS) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Guy Elvin SMITH (VETERAN 2 WARS)

Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Baxter County,
Arkansas

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US Army
World War II
Korea
January 28, 1929--December 10, 2009

Born Monkey Run, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Son of Ed & Dora Sinor Smith.
Married Wilma Lee Powers, December 11, 1949, Gassville, Baxter County, Arkansas.

Obituary from Roller Funeral Homes Website:

Guy Elvin Smith, age 80, of Ash Flat, Arkansas, died Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. He was born on January 28, 1929, at Monkey Run, Arkansas, to Ed and Dora Sinor Smith. He married Wilma Lee Powers on December 11, 1949 at Gassville, Arkansas.

Mr. Smith was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He retired from Beech Aircraft in 1975 in Wichita, Kansas. His hobbies included pheasant hunting, deer hunting, building birdhouses and enjoyed bird watching.

Survivors are his wife: Wilma Smith: of the home; four children: Loy Steven (Coleen) Smith: Cherokee Village, Arkansas; Janie (Doug) Sportel: Holland, Michigan; Douglas (Pam) Smith: Derby, Kansas and Jill (Dale) James: Williford, Arkansas; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter Amy Smith, parents, five sisters and four brothers.

Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church with Pastor Gene Carson and Mr. Smith’s son-in-law Reverend Doug Sportel officiating. The family will receive friends for an hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery with military honors by Ozark V.F.W. Post #3246 and the Arkansas Army National Guard officiating.

Memorials may be made to Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church, Arkansas Baptist Children’s Home at Monticello, Arkansas, or Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.

Contributed on 4/7/11 by maxparnell
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Submitted: 4/7/11 • Approved: 4/7/11 • Last Updated: 9/12/12 • R504185-G0-S3

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