Bobbie Louise Smith was born December 22, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Harry and Katie Lee. On October 3, 2005, after sharing the gifts of her life for nearly 82 years, Bobbie quietly departed this world and went home to God.

Bobbie was married to Virgil Calvin Smith, who preceded her in death, as did her parents; one son, Charles; one daughter, Bobbie Joan and a brother, Charles Lee. She was principally a homemaker, although in earlier years she had been a waitress at several restaurants in Kansas City, including Winsteads. Her husband serving first in the U.S. Army Air Corps, then in the U.S. Air Force, Bobbie traveled and lived outside the boundaries of this country during her adult life. After moving to Clinton, she was an active member of the Clinton Post of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary. That involvement, and her enjoyment of bingo, earned her the nickname, at least with one of her grandchildren, of "Grandma Bingo Bobbie."

Bobbie is survived by her son, Calvin Eugene Smith ofLenexa, Kansas; her daughter, LaGenia Greufe, of Clinton, Missouri; a brother, Phillip Lee of Sunrise Beach, Missouri; a sister, Ella Cummings, of Kansas City, Missouri; as well as six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Bobbie will be remembered as a very determined, some might even say "stubborn__woman, a woman who was very generous to others, as caring faithfully for her husband during his illness until conditions required that he move into a nursing care facility, and as one who was very good to her grandchildren. She also loved animals, especially dogs.

Memorial services were held at the Vansant-Mills Chapel on Wednesday, October 5,2005 at 5:00 p.m. with Rev. Howard Cupp, Jr. officiating. The musical selections were "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art". Burial will be in the Leavenworth National Cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, by her husband, at a later date. Services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.