Lucille Janice Smith, age 83, of Springfield, MO, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Lakewood Assisted Living. She was born October 3, 1932, in Fair Grove, MO, to Clarence and Elvena (Dulin) Lawson. She was a member of the Peace Chapel Assembly Of God Church. She was a public school teacher in home economics and art for over three decades. She loved gardening and oil painting.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands; William G. Elliston and Delbert E. Smith and her sister Eileen Morris. She is survived by her children; Jill Elliston, Nixa, MO, Jack W. Elliston, Springfield, MO. Janna G. Elliston, Republic, MO. Jeff Elliston, and his wife Hiromi, Fair Grove, MO, six grandchildren and her siblings; Marietta Alford, Fair Grove, MO, Lela Jacques, Springfield, MO, Dale Lawson, Ava, MO, Nancy Gibson, Blue Eye, MO, and Tom Lawson, Springfield, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 28, 2016, at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Burial will follow in Mt. Comfort Cemetery, Services have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Online condolences may be made at www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.