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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Billy D.

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Smith

Oct 21, 1914 — Nov 26, 2017

Obituary

Funeral service for Billy D. Smith will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Steve Burns officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.

Billy D. Smith, age 103, Lawton, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 in Lawton.  She was born October 21, 1914 in Lexington, Oklahoma to Thomas and Viola Collins Giles.  She married Leeman James "Jim" Smith on May 25, 1936 in Garden City, Kansas.  He preceded her in death on November 13, 1995.

During World War II she worked in an airplane factory in Santa Ana, California.  She and her husband owned and operated Smith Grocery in Medicine Park from 1951 to 1956.  She then worked at Wackers, Katy K Meat Company and for Paul Beaty Office Equipment until her retirement.

Billy was a member of First Baptist Church, Lawton.

She is survived by her son, Leeman James Smith, Jr., Tulsa; a daughter and son-in-law, Viola Faye and Bill Burns, Lawton; five grandchildren, Mike Burns and wife Beth, Topeka, Kansas, Steve Burns and wife Jalyn, Ft. Worth, Texas, Kim Robinson, Lawton, Kevin Smith, Tulsa and Jim Smith and wife Teresa, Lexington, South Carolina; 14 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Her parents, her husband, five sisters, two brothers and a daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children or to the charity of the donor's choice.

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