NAME: ERETTA (WASHINGTON) SMITH, AGE 91, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 24, 1914 AT WAPANUCKA TO GEORGE SR. AND ALLIE (COX) WASHINGTON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2005 AT HER HOME IN STRINGTOWN. AGE: 91 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: ERETTA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAPANUCKA AND ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: EVANS TYREE SMITH ON DECEMBER 19, 1928 IN STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE COOKED AT THE STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS MANY YEARS AND WORKED AS A TEACHERS AID FOR INCA HEADSTART CHURCH AFFILIATION: ERETTA WAS A MEMBER OF THE C.M.E. METHODIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE MISSION GROUP. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: EUGENE SMITH OF PARIS, CA. ALLIE RAE ALEXANDER OF DENISON, TX. JOHNNY SMITH OF STONEWALL, OK. JIMMY SMITH AND WIFE ARLENE OF ATOKA, OK. ANN SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. LORETTA SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TEDDY JOE SMITH OF CORDELL, OK. RICKY SMITH AND WIFE RACHEL OF WASHINGTON, MD. 32 GRANDCHILDREN, 41 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 9 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ERETTA WAS PROUD OF HAVING RAISED 11 CHILDREN AND ESPECIALLY PROUD IN HAVING ASSISTED IN RAISING 13 OF HER GRANDCHILDREN: NATALIE COOKSEY, STEFAN BROWN, TRACY RECTOR, CARLA GARZA, DONNA, MARVIN, AND DEVAN SMITH, SCOTTY AND TIEA SMITH, JEFFREY WOODARD, STEVE ALEXANDER AND PATRICK SMITH. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE AND ALLIE WASHINGTON. HUSBAND: EVANS SMITH ON FEBRUARY 12, 1986. SONS: SPENCER AND TEZELL (1/23/1996) SMITH DAUGHTERS: LOIS SMITH AND WANDA FAYE WINROW BROTHERS: WILLIE, U.L., MAC, GEORGE, OAT AND L.P. WASHINGTON SISTERS: RELLA, JENNY, ANGIE AND MARY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRANDON SMITH AND JOHNETTE COOKSEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GERALD STEPHENS. ASSISTING: ANTHONY WASHINGTON, REV. BOB GRAHAM, AND REV. STANLEY BROWN. CASKETBEARERS: ROY BURKHALTER, SAM NELSON, PHILLIP PERKINS, HAROLD WASHINGTON, U. L. WASHINGTON, CURTIS WASHINGTON, EDWARD GARZA, LAWRENCE NEAL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MCGUIRE, PHILLIP MILLER, VICK FARMER, ORVILLE SOUTHERN, CHARLIE COULTER, ORLAN HILL, BILLY ROBINSON. FLOWER BEARERS: SHIRLEY STEPHENS, SHIRLEY FOX, WILMA MCGEE, JANIE JACKSON, CORETHA VINEY, CHARLOTTE VINEY, REGINA CHEADLE, ELSIE VINEY. HONORARY FLOWER BEARERS: MARY ANN MCGEE, FRANCIS COOK KEMENDO, JUNE HOWARD CORENE VINEY. FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 6:00 P.M. AT BROWN'S CHAPEL.