WANDA LEA SMITH

POPLAR BLUFF -- Wanda Lea Smith, 67, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996, at the Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff.

She was born July 6, 1929, near Dexter, the daughter of the late George and Rachel Winemiller Gaines. She married Hurshel E. "Gene" Smith on Nov. 22, 1948, in Piggott, Ark., and he survives her. She was a homemaker, lifelong resident of Stoddard County and a member of the Bridge Church of Christ.

She is survived by three sons, Brian Smith, of Bernie, and Ronald and Leon Smith, both of Dexter; four sisters, Velma Tesreau, of Campbell, Anna Mae Stanfill, Ola Faye Gilkey and Elva Smee, all of Dexter; and five grandchildren.

One brother and one sister preceded her in death.

Friends may call from 5 p.m to 8 p.m. today at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday in the Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Bro. Jim Faughn of Paducah, Ky., officiating. Burial will be in the Armstead-Dowdy Cemetery near Dexter.