GLADYS SMITH

ADA-Graveside services for Gladys LaVeta Smith, 94, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Monday at I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Ponca City, Rev. George Carson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Smith died on Thursday, June 18, 2009, at a local nursing home. She was born March 23, 1915, at Wetumka to Zac and Annie Susan Miller Martin. She graduated from Wetumka High School. She retired as a unit secretary from Valley View Hospital and also owned and operated a beauty shop. She was a member of Abundant Life Tabernacle.

She married Noel Cleo Smith on March 19, 1932. He preceded her in death on May 8, 1967 in Ada.

Survivors include a sister, LaVera Martin Updike, Grove; one brother, Zac Leon Martin, Ponca City; seven granchildren, Steven Noel Foley, Longmeadow, Mass.; Jeff Smith, Eufaula; William T. "Bill" Foley, Ada; Jennifer Kubiak, Kansas City; Mark Foley, Rhode Island; Neidra Foley Young, Ada; and Kemetia Foley Drinkard, Sprinfield, VA; 23 great grandchildren; 16 great great grandchildren; one great great great grandchild; and a special niece, Kris Thompson.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Patty K. Foley; a son, Noel T. Smith; and two brothers, Delbert Hal Martin and LaVoy Martin.

Criswell Funeral Home