Donna Jean Smith © Enid News and Eagle 12-23-2021 Submitted by: Glenn
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March 1, 1930 - December 20, 2021
The graveside service for Donna Jean Smith, 91-year-old former Enid resident, is 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 27, 2021, in the garden chapel of Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home. Reverend Barry Robinson will officiate.
Donna was born March 1, 1930, in Hennessey to Vernon and Doris (Allison) Stewart and died Monday, December 20, 2021, at the home of her daughter, Denise, in Yukon.
On December 31, 1950, she married Elmer Smith in Enid, where the couple made their home. Together, they owned and operated Elmer's BBQ, an Enid institution, for over forty years. She was a long-time member of Life By Design Ministries in Aurora, CO, and was very active in the Pioneers of Faith through that church. She was also a member Progressive Missionary Baptist Church.
Donna was a member of Eastern Star and Red Hat Ladies. Her passion was her church and spending time with her family.
She is survived by daughter Denise Smith of Yukon; three sons, Billy Patterson of Kapalei, Hawaii, Norwin Smith of Belton, MO, and Dennis Smith of Portsmith, VA; twelve grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Elmer in 2006; daughter, Sharon Cole, and step-daughter, Gloria Smith; three sisters, Twila, May Francis, and Nelda; and brother Marvin.
Memorials may be made through Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home to Booker T. Washington Foundation.
Condolences can be given to the family online at www.enidwecare.com.
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