Funeral service for Jessie M. Coleman Smith, 88, Lawton, Oklahoma will be at 1:30 pm, Saturday, November 22, 2014 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Rodney Shirel, Pastor, Lawton/Fort Sill United Pentecostal Church, officiating. Mrs. Smith passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014 in a Dallas, Texas Hospital. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, at 1:00 pm on Monday, November 24. The family will receive friends from 5 pm to 7 pm on Friday, November 21 at the funeral home. She was born May 27, 1926 in Shelton, South Carolina to Robert and Sarah A. (Meadows) Coleman. She married SFC (Retired) Melvin C. Smith on March 26, 1955 in Belton, Texas. He died on September 30, 1982. She had been an instructor at the Robert E. Greiner School for the Handicapped for many years. After her retirement she volunteered in the thrift shop. She is survived by six children, Isaiah Peterson, James Richard and wife Mae Smith of Dallas, Emily and husband Marion Jessie, Melvin C. Smith, Jr., Barbara Reynolds and Lori Smith all of Lawton; 16 grandchildren, Kevin Smith, James Smith II, Anthony Smith, Isaiah Smith, Calvin Smith, Ellis Jessie, Michael Jessie, Chris Jessie, Jonathan Jessie, Ronald Jessie, Tracey Jessie-Leaks, Robert Jessie, Melvin Smith III, Dru Jones, Stephen Smith and Latrice Smith; 32 great grandchildren; 9 great great grandchildren; sister, Ollie V. Coleman of Rock Hill, South Carolina; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Ken Blackwell; four brothers, Willie, Daniel Lee, Perves and Charlie Coleman; and a sister, Lilly E. Ervin. Following the Saturday service the family will be meeting at the Church of the Living God, 1529 SW Roosevelt Ave., Lawton, OK 73501 Memorial contributions may be made to the account: For the Benefit of Jessie Smith, Account # 295529, Fort Sill Federal Credit Union, 4116 Thomas Street, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 73503