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Mildred Lucille (Cope) Smith was born September 8, 1931, in her grandma's house in Green Pasture (Spencer), Oklahoma. She was the fifth child of Thomas Melvin and Lydia Alice (Deaton) Cope.
Mildred was raised in Choctaw and graduated from Choctaw High School. She met the love of her life, Billy, while riding in his carpool to work at Tinker Air Force Base. After a short courtship, she and Billy shared a marriage which spanned 63 years.
After her four children were old enough, she began working as an office assistant for her uncle'' business and later began her lengthy career with the state at the Department of Rehabilitative Services which later merged into the Department of Human Services. She served in its Data Services Division processing case records for the clients of the department. She made many enduring friendships with her colleagues. She was known by many for her training abilities, her dedication to a job being completed and done well and being a second mother to many of the folks just beginning their young careers at the DHS Computing Center.
After retirement, she enjoyed her spending time on the farm, traveling- especially the girl trips with her daughter and close friends, pulling the lever on a slot machine or two, playing cards for hours on end with close neighboring friends and family, enjoying lunches with the Red Hat ladies of Wellston, and just sitting on the porch and enjoying her children and the hummingbirds that come to visit.
Her family wants everyone to know they are truly blessed with having been gifted with the best mother any child could ever have.
She never lived a day without: Sharing her beautiful trademark smile and making you feel like you were the most special person in her day. Teaching her children to be the best individuals they could be and by always being respectful of others. Always being willing to do more than the job requires. Always being a good neighbor and never speaking poorly of anyone. And being thankful for the gifts given to her from God.
And she would always end on this question: "Did it rain last night?"
Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Lydia Cope; brother, Lonny Cope, one infant brother; sisters, Imogene Reynolds, Billie Jean Woods; husband of 63 years, Billy Eugene Smith; son, Steve Smith and his wife Cindy, granddaughter, Kimberly Marie Goggin; her grandparents and other family members. Survivors include her children, Allen Smith and his wife Debbie of Arcadia, Melvin Smith and his wife Lea Ann of Wellston, Gloria Goggin and her husband David of Wellston; grandsons, Patrick Goggin and his wife Tamara of Wellston, Micheal Smith and his wife Missy of Luther, Camren Smith and his wife Faith of Wellston; great-grandchildren, Jesse Goggin and his wife Mariah, Andrew Goggin, Lillian Lucille Smith, Kaity Menasco, Garrett Menasco, Carmel Menasco; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Donations can be made in her honor to the Alzheimer's Association. A funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 20, 2024, in the Trinity Baptist Church with interment following in the Wellston Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Lehman Funeral Home of Wellston.
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