Anna Lou Lyon Smith

January 25, 1915 - April 22, 2011

Mrs. Anna Lou Lyon Smith was born on Monday, January 25, 1915 daughter of the late Vincent Young and Maggie Alberta Marion Lyon. Mrs. Smith died Friday, April 22, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. at the age of 96 years 2 months and 28 days. She was born in Houlka, Miss. and had lived most of her lifetime in Trumann, Ark. Mrs. Smith was a Homemaker and member of the First Baptist Church in Trumann. She was preceded in death by her husband, John William Smith, three brothers, James Clarence Lyon, William Vincent Lyon, and Robert Cecil Lyon, and her parents. Survivors include two sons, Richard V. Smith and wife Starla of O Fallon, Ill. and Gary E. Smith and wife Daline of Woodland Park, CO; two granddaughters, Alecia Marie Smith Merrell and Angelina Marie Smith; and one great-grandson, Andrew John