Ella B. Smith, age 90, of Springfield, Mo, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Strafford Care Center. She was born May 1, 1920, in West Plains, Mo., to Marvin and Ida (Luttrell) Lawing.
She was a member of Watermill Church of Christ. Ella loved to cook; she enjoyed crocheting and gardening.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rathel V. Smith; parents, Marvin J. and Ida N. Lawing; one granddaughter, Melinda (Smith) Jenkins; four sisters, and two brothers. Ella is survived by one son, Rathel R. (Dick) Smith and wife Mitzi of Pleasant Hope; one daughter, Linda Tracy and husband Don, of Springfield; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Hubert Lawing, of Nashville Tenn.; and a host of family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, April 11, 2011, in Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, Mo., with Bill Mc Farland and Dennis Smith officiating. Burial will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., on Sunday, April 10, 2011 in Greenlawn Funeral Home North.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fair Haven Children’s Home and Happy Hollow Bible Camp in care of the funeral home.