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Dexter Eudell Smith
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http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/
Dexter Eudell Smith, 89, of Bartlesville and Norman, Oklahoma,
passed away this Monday, March 10th, 2014.
He was born on
January 26th, 1925 in DeWitt, Arkansas to Hubert Horatio and
Ethel Coffman Smith.
He began his education at Sugarloaf School, graduated from
Antlers High School, and after completion of military service,
went on to achieve his bachelors in mathematics at Southeastern
State University in Durant, Oklahoma, and his masters in
mathematics at the University of Tulsa. During World War II, he
served as military attache to the Caribbean Defense Command,
Quarry Heights, Panama Canal Zone, receiving numerous
commendations for his outstanding contributions to the security
of that command.
On August 27th, 1948, in Paris, Texas, he married Lena Mae
Honeywell, a fellow student at Southeastern State University. In
1951, the couple moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where Dexter
worked in Research and Development for Phillips 66 as a systems
analyst, accumulating over sixty patents to his credit. He
retired from Phillips in 1987. He continued to work for Icotron
and Honeywell as senior consulting engineer and at 61, he was
named Rookie of the Year for his exceptional contribution to
Honeywell in Houston, Texas. In 1995, he took a second
retirement from these companies but continued as special
consultant with them for another decade. Dexter was a faithful
and beloved Christian husband and father, dynamic Sunday School
teacher, and long-time member of Adams Church of Christ in
Bartlesville.
He is survived by his wife, Lena Mae Smith; his sister, Ellen
Sue Crumpton of Dallas, his brother, Vernon D. Smith of Sapulpa;
daughters, Karen S. Mahaffey and her husband Gregory, Twyla J.
Smith, M.D. and her husband Joel E. Holloway, M.D., a son, Kyle
V. Smith; one grandson, David Mahaffey and his wife Gloria; two
granddaughters, Rosemary and Lucy Mahaffey; and two
great-grandchildren, Alexander and Adelaide Mahaffey.
He was
preceded in death by his parents, Hubert and Ethel Smith and two
brothers, Eanon and James Robert Smith.
Havenbrook Funeral Home is arranging funeral services at the
Warren Cemetery in
Norman.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Dexter to
www.polarisproject.org (the national hotline and resource center
combating human trafficking in America) or
www.woundedwarriorproject.org (created to honor and empower
wounded American service members).
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