Josie Smith

BERNIE, Mo. -- Josie Marie Smith, 90, of Bernie died Friday, Aug. 1, 2003.

She was born Sept. 17, 1912, at Bernie, daughter of Joseph Louray and Ethel Jennette Jordon Grayum. She and Charles Franklin Smith were married March 25, 1933, in Piggott, Ark. He died Dec. 29, 1988.

Smith had been an interior decorator, and was a poet.

Survivors include three sons, Gaylon Smith of Cape Girardeau, Charles Smith of Bernie, David Smith of Belleville, Ill.; three daughters, Nancy Dockins of O'Fallon, Mo., Shirley Grimes of Humboldt, Tenn., Kay Jenkins of Dexter; a sister, Norma McCoy of Dexter; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and six sisters.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Wells officiating. Burial will be in Bernie Cemetery.