General Information

Birth
1898
Death
27 MAR 1943
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

MRS. CORA ELIZABETH SMITH DIED AT MORROW FRIDAY

Lincoln, March 29 - Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Birdwell Smith 45, died at her home near Morrow Friday night at 9:30 after a long illness.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the Morrow Methodist Church, with Rev. Jim Latta and Rev. Walter Pennell in charge.

Burial ws in Cox Cemetery under the directions of the Luginbuel Funeral Home.

Survivors are the husband, Clarence Smith, a son Charles Vernon Smith; four daughters, Jesse Milverne Smith, Latha Oretta Smith, Betty Laverne Smith and Mrs. Auda Jane Carte of Fort Smith; five brothers; four sisters and the mother Mrs. Zada Dobbs Birdwell.

Mrs. Smith was born March 1898 at Odell.

March 29, 1943 - Northwest Arkansas Times

Parents

Abraham B. Birdwell
- Father
1871 - 1929
Birth
29 APR 1871
Dove, Marion County, Tennessee
Death
31 MAY 1929
Coffeville, Montgomery, Kansas
Burial
Shady Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Evansville, Arkansas
Elzada Maldrine Dobbs
- Mother
1871 - 1962
Birth
17 APR 1871
Odell, Washington County, Evansville, Arkansas
Death
1962
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Burial
Shady Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Evansville, Arkansas

Spouse

Clarence Morris Smith
- Husband
1894 - 1981
Birth
17 MAY 1894
Remington, Indiana
Married
20 AUG 1919
Crawford County, Arkansas
Death
3 FEB 1981
Boswell, Benton County, Indiana
Burial
Cox Cemetery, Washington County, Clyde, Arkansas

Children

Leatha Smith
- Daughter
1925 - 2018
Birth
4 JUN 1925
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
6 FEB 2018
Sapulpa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Burial
10 FEB 2018
Bethesda Cemetery, Washington County, Morrow, Arkansas
Auda Jane Smith
- Daughter
1921 - 1966
Birth
21 MAR 1921
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
26 SEP 1966
Wichita, Kansas
Burial
Cox Cemetery, Washington County, Clyde, Arkansas
Lena Smith
- Daughter
1927 - 1927
Birth
1927
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
1927
Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas
Charles Vernon Smith
- Son
1931 - 2005
Birth
1 OCT 1931
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
25 SEP 2005
Burial
Cox Cemetery, Washington County, Clyde, Arkansas
Lou Verna Smith
- Daughter