REV. INA ALLEN SMITH

She was born Nov. 4, 1912, at McClure, Ill., daughter of Hosea Augusta and Maude Lemes Hooker. She and Luther Higgs were married Dec. 24, 1929, at Jonesboro, Ill. He died Aug. 3, 1953.

She was a Pentecostal minister at Gravel Hill Church in Bell City for 20 years. She was a member of the AC of JC. She attended Dudley Emmanuel Pentecostal Church at Dudley, Mo.

She was preceded in death by two sons.

Survivors include a sister, Doshea Tully of Union, Mich.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance, Mo., with the Rev. Randy Eskew officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bell City.