Memorial service for Sandra Catherine Smith will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2018 in Grace Fellowship with John Wallace and Josh Trueblood officiating.

The family will greet friends from 5-7 pm on Monday at Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Sandra Catherine Smith died Friday, September 14, 2018 at her residence.  She was born Sandra Catherine Austin in Altus, Oklahoma on December 14, 1938 to Wesley Knox and Grace (Beavers) Austin.  She was the youngest of three girls. (Bonnie, Beth and Sandra).

Sandra attended various grade schools and was a 1957 graduate of Lawton High School.  She was in the first class to graduate from the then new Lawton High School which was the only high school in Lawton at the time.

Sandra met her best friend, J. Glen Smith, at a Rotary Club meeting where it was designated "Farmer's Night" where she was attending as a member of the business professional women's club and was encouraging folks to vote. They married October 16, 1964.  Sandra and Glen managed the American Cattle Company west of Cache (now Sunrise Boys Ranch) for nine years.  Sandra was a stay at home mom until 1986 when she went to school and received her Realtor's License.  She later earned her broker's license.  She became a realtor for Parks Jones Realty and later worked for ReMax and Chance Realty and was a very successful realtor for 24 years.  During her tenure as a realtor she won many awards which include Parks Jones Rookie Realtor of the Year in 1986 and Realtor of the Year 1995.  She won recognition for being part of the ReMax Presidents Club for five years and ReMax Executive Club for five years.  She was Lawton Board of Realtors Housing Volunteer of the quarter in 1994 and ReMax Cooperative Spirit Award winner.  She was President of the Lawton Board of Realtors in 1987 and was chairman of the Lawton Board of Realtor Multi Listing Service in 1996, 1998 and 2006.  She also had served on the State Ethics Commission for the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.

Sandra was a charter member at Grace Fellowship and was ordained a deacon in 1989.  In her retirement years she loved traveling and camping.  She loved spending her summers in Red River, New Mexico and Fun Valley, Colorado where she made several lifelong friends while residing in Medicare acres.  She was an avid OSU Cowboy fan and was a lifetime member of the OSU Alumni.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years, J. Glen Smith; three daughters, Bonnie Lawler and husband Jeff, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Cassie DeMarcus and husband Brian of Meers, Oklahoma and Suzanne Jones and husband AJ of Fletcher, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, Jacob Lawler of Walters, Oklahoma, Jordan Bryan and husband Drake of Peyton, Colorado, Jennifer Munchel and husband Ben of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Madison Leonhart and husband Dustin of Fletcher, Oklahoma, Kodie Smith and husband Corey of Elgin, Oklahoma and Wesley DeMarcus of Meers; four great grandchildren, Austyn Lawler, Addison Smith, Kaison Smith and Kooper Munchel; two nieces, Janet Butler and Beth Ledbetter and husband Leon; five nephews, Colt Ferrell, Craig Ferrell, Joseph E. Price, Kirk Ledbetter and Tim Ledbetter; a sister-in-law, Jane Mitchell and husband Larry, Yukon, Oklahoma; and a host of other relatives and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Bonnie Stanton and Beth Price and her husband Joe, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank and Edith Smith, as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the Sandra Smith "Gans" memorial for her grandchildren and great grandchildren, the Toby Keith Foundation or to Make A Wish Oklahoma.