OBITUARY NAME: IRA LEROY SMITHART, AGE 74, A LONGTIME TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 29, 1934, TO IRA AND EMMA (COMBEST) SMITHART AT CADDO, OK. PASSED AWAY: LEROY PASSED AWAY ON JULY 12, 2009 IN DURANT, OK. AGE 74 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENED TUSHKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED TO: LEROY MARRIED PEGGY TOLLIVER IN 1958 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HE OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN SAW-MILL. CHURCH AFFILIATION, HOBBIES, AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS: LEROY LOVED COON HUNTING AND ENJOYED RAISING GAME ROOSTERS AND HE RAISED MINK ALONG WITH BROTHERS. AS A YOUNG MAN HE ENJOYED BOXING AND RECIEVED THE GOLDEN GLOVE AWARD. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: KAY SMITHART AND HUSBAND JOHNNY HENDLY OF DURANT, OK SONS: VENRON SMITHART AND WIFE LAVONA OF ROANOKE, TX CLAYTON SMITHART AND WIFE TOJNA OF MILBURN, OK. BROTHER: VIRGIL SMITHART OF TUSHKA, OK GRANDCHILDREN: BRYAN BRITT OF TAYLOR, AR. DUSTIN BRITT OF DURANT, OK. JASON SMITHART OF CHICAGO, IL. SAJUN MILLER AND WIFE KATIE OF DURANT, OK. CALEB SMITHART OF NOBLE, OK. TRENTON SMITHART OF MILBURN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: M'KENNA MILLER OF DURANT, OK. LANE MILLER OF DURANT, OK. EBIN MILLER OF DURANT, OK. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SPOUSE: PEGGY SMITHART PARENTS: IRA AND EMMA SMITHART BROTHERS: ORVAL AND BILLY SMITHART SISTERS LOUISE SMITH AND ARDAREE COLLINSWORTH ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: WEDSNEDAY, JULY 15, 2009 AT 10 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: TUSHKA CEMETERY PLACE OF INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY OFFICIATING: BRO. ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: GRANDCHILDREN HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALFRED ELLIOTT, DWIGHT COATES, JESSE HUNT, FRANKIE HUNT, DEE HUNT, RICK HUNT