Obituary - Vera Inez (Walls) Smith

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Vera I. Smith

Vera I. Smith, 97, of Terre Haute died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, in Westridge Health Care Center. She was a homemaker. She was born April 19, 1907, in Mountain View, Ark., to John Walls and Pheriba Andis Walls. 

Her husband, Alva Smith, died in 1988. Survivors include one daughter, Alma N. Cox of Terre Haute; one son and daughter-in-law, Gaylon and Diane Smith of Shepardsville; two sisters, Mildred Trotzke of Terre Haute and Gertrude Vanderbeck of Michigan; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. 

She was a longtime member of Southside Church of the Nazarene, where she had been a Sunday School teacher until very recently. She had received numerous awards from the State and District for having taught Sunday School for more than 70 years. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday in DeBaun Idaho Street Chapel, with the Rev. Kim Suits officiating. Burial is in Grandview Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today.