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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Robert "Bobby" Allen Smith
Robert "Bobby"
Allen Smith
Mar 14, 1931 — Dec 11, 2013
Robert "Bobby" Allen Smith's Obituary
Robert "Bobby" A. Smith, age 82 years, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Truman Lake Manor, Lowry City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 14, 2013 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer's Association and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.
Robert Allen Smith (Bobby) was born in Deepwater, Missouri, March 14, 1931. He was the seventh child of Eli Lewis and Dora Etta (Walden) Smith. Bobby spent his entire life in Deepwater, except for a brief two years in Mulberry, Kansas. Bobby attended the Deepwater Elementary School. Returning from Kansas, he and his brothers helped various farmers for several years. Later he and his brothers operated the Smith's Brother's Store at 3rd and "A" St. (formerly the Mohries building) until the property was acquired in 1977 by the Corp of Engineers for Truman Lake. He then with his mother moved to 4th and "D" St. the former Tom Hurst property.
Bobby always looked forward each year to the Deepwater Labor and Harvest Picnic with his entries of canned goods, garden vegetables, etc. He was the Grand Marshall of the Deepwater Parade in 1999. Since then and before his mother passed away they enjoyed gardening, canning, and doing odd jobs with limited vacationing. Bobby was active with volunteering at the Deepwater Senior Citizen Center and the Deepwater Baptist Church. He was a member of the Deepwater Baptist Church until Earl relocated to the Clinton Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
He is survived by two sisters, Wanda Reynolds of Raytown, Missouri and Ramona Duncan of Mulberry, Kansas; two brothers, Donald Ray Smith and his wife, Betty of Kansas City, Missouri and Earl Smith and his wife, Willie Mae of Clinton, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Frances, Leon and Wayne.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
Robert Allen Smith (Bobby) was born in Deepwater, Missouri, March 14, 1931. He was the seventh child of Eli Lewis and Dora Etta (Walden) Smith. Bobby spent his entire life in Deepwater, except for a brief two years in Mulberry, Kansas. Bobby attended the Deepwater Elementary School. Returning from Kansas, he and his brothers helped various farmers for several years. Later he and his brothers operated the Smith's Brother's Store at 3rd and "A" St. (formerly the Mohries building) until the property was acquired in 1977 by the Corp of Engineers for Truman Lake. He then with his mother moved to 4th and "D" St. the former Tom Hurst property.
Bobby always looked forward each year to the Deepwater Labor and Harvest Picnic with his entries of canned goods, garden vegetables, etc. He was the Grand Marshall of the Deepwater Parade in 1999. Since then and before his mother passed away they enjoyed gardening, canning, and doing odd jobs with limited vacationing. Bobby was active with volunteering at the Deepwater Senior Citizen Center and the Deepwater Baptist Church. He was a member of the Deepwater Baptist Church until Earl relocated to the Clinton Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
He is survived by two sisters, Wanda Reynolds of Raytown, Missouri and Ramona Duncan of Mulberry, Kansas; two brothers, Donald Ray Smith and his wife, Betty of Kansas City, Missouri and Earl Smith and his wife, Willie Mae of Clinton, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Frances, Leon and Wayne.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
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