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Kirby F. SMITH

Oxford Cemetery
Izard County,
Arkansas

Born July 2, 1905, Izard County, Arkansas.
Died November 24, 1988, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Son of Wiley Franklin Smith & Alice R. Ferguson Smith.
Married Bertha E. Montgomery, December 1, 1934, Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas.


The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Nov 26, 1988

Kirby F. Smith 83 of Mountain Home died Thursday (Nov 24, 1988) at Baxter County Regional Hospital. Mr. Smith served 38 years on the board of directors of North Arkansas Electric Cooperative. He formerly owned and operated the Mountain Home Motel and the Kirby Motel at Lakeview. He also worked as a heavy equipment operator.
Visitation for Mr. Smith will be from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday at Roller Funeral Home. The family will greet friends between 6-8 p.m. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Roller Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Lawyer and Mike Shero officiating.
Burial will be at Oxford Cemetery with Robert Smith, Morris Montgomery, David Montgomery, Bill Burk, Jack Grimmett and Darrell Ferguson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be members and directors of the NAEC board, elders and deacons of the College and North Church of Christ and Jack Gregory.
A native of the area, Mr. Smith was born July 2, 1905 at Oxford. He was a son of Wiley F. and Alice Ferguson Smith. He and Bertha Montgomery were married at Salem on Dec 1, 1935.
Mr. Smith moved to Mountain Home from Richmond, Calif., in 1946. He was a member of Hayes Masonic Lodge 289 F&AM at Union and of the College and North Church of Christ in Mountain Home.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; one brother, Tulsa “Red” Smith of Mountain Home; one sister, Velma Walker of Mountain Home; one stepsister, Ima Jean Beyers of Little Rock; one stepbrother, Olaf Harkleroad of Hale Center, Texas and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and one stepbrother.
Memorials may be made to the College and North Church of Christ or the Oxford Cemetery Fund.

(Photo and obituary courtesy of Vera Reeves)

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