SMITH, MARY ELIZABETH "BESSIE" - Benton County, Arkansas | MARY ELIZABETH "BESSIE" SMITH - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" SMITH

Bentonville City Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Nov 19 1890 - Apr 22 1930

*Obituary
Benton County Herald
Thursday, April 24, 1930

SMITH, Mary Elizabeth GORMAN - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gorman Smith, wife of Fred M. Smith, were held at the M.E. Church, South Wednesday conducted by the pastor, Rev. R.S. Hayden. Mrs. Smith, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Gorman, was born in Burlington, Iowa in 1890 and was united in marriage with Fred M. Smith in 1917. They moved to Arkansas in 1924 and resided at Centerton until 1927 when they moved to Bentonville where Mr. Smith is connected with the Jim Harris barber shop. Besides her husband she is survived by her father, J.D. Gorman of Lupton, Arizona; two brothers, C.F. Gorman of Gallup, N.M. and John B. Gorman of Fresno, Cal. and an aunt, Miss Rankin of Burlington, Iowa. Burial was made in the Bentonville cemetery.

*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, April 24, 1930

Mrs. Mary E. Smith, 40, wife of Fred Smith of Bentonville, died on Tuesday afternoon after a week's illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the M.E. Church, Rev. R.S. Hayden officiating. Interment was made in the city cemetery. Mrs Smith was born in Burlington, Iowa, moving with her parents to St. Louis in 1898. In 1911 the family moved to Corpus Christi, Tex. Her marriage to Fred Smith took place in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Centerton in 1924 where they resided three years, then coming to Bentonville. Those surviving Mrs. Smith are her father, Mr. Gorman, Lupton, Ariz., two brothers, C.F. Gorman of Gallup, N.M. and John D. Gorman of Fresno, Calif. and an aunt, Miss Nellie Rankin, Burlington, Ia.

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