Areous Smith

Thursday, August 2, 2012

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.