Areous Smith
Mrs. Areous Smith, 84, of Blytheville, died Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Jonesboro.
Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Smith Jr.; a son, Kenneth Smith; her mother, Annie Meriwether; her father, Richard Coleman; a grandson, Darius (Scooter) Buggs; and a sister Bertha Yarbrough.
She leaves three daughters, Dorothy Burton of Jonesboro and Annie Smith and Ellen Smith of Blytheville;
Three sons, Howard Smith III of Blytheville, Ellis Smith of Sacramento, Calif., and Robert Smith of Memphis;
Two sisters, Louise Real of Blytheville and Lucille Morgan of Chicago;
One brother, Arthur Jennings of Chicago; and
Twenty-five grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul Church. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens. The family will receive visitors from 5-7 p.m. Friday at True Light Church. Funeral arrangements made by Wolfe Brothers Funeral Home of Blytheville.