NAME: COMMODORE PERRY SMITH, III, AGE 78, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 29, 1922 AT CANEY, OK TO COMMODORE PERRY SMITH II AND BERTHA ANN (BRUMLEY) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2000 AT VETERANS CENTER IN NORMAN, OK. AGE: 78 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: COMMODORE WAS RETIRED FROM THE U.S. ARMY AND HAD SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE WORK HE DID WHILE SERVING ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE CANEY CEMETERY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: GARY SMITH AND WIFE JAN OF BISMARK, ND. EVAUGHNA JOHNSON AND HUSBAND NATHAN OF SHAWNEE, OK. ROBERT SMITH OF FORREST CITY, AR. GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTOPHER SMITH AND WIFE KAREN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CRAIG SMITH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DIANE GLATT AND HUSBAND RON OF BISMARK, ND. DARREN SMITH OF BISMARK, ND. DAVID SMITH OF BISMARK, ND. COLBY SMITH OF GERMANY. GUY W. JOHNSON OF SHAWNEE, OK. BLAIR JOHNSON OF SHAWNEE, OK. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: SONNY SMITH AND WIFE LAURA OF LANE, OK. ROBERT SMITH OF HARMONY COMMUNITY. JAMES SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: PAULIE MEARS AND HUSBAND MURPHY OF AZEL, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BERTHA RUE AND COMMODORE PERRY SMITH II. SISTERS: JEAN HOWARD AND GERRY WHITE. HALF SISTER: GOLDIE TYSON. DAUGHTER: SANDRA SMITH-JAGGERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: KELLY SMITH, WILLIAM WALKER, HOS WHITE, KEITH MEARS, MERLIN MEARS, ED WALKER.