Rev. Elvie Garland Smith, 90, died Tuesday, Feb.26, 2008, at the family residence in Fort Smith. He was born on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1917, son of the late George Lee and Eliza Jane Thompson Smith in Alton, Mo.

He had lived in Fort Smith for the past nine years and was formerly of Trumann where he lived most of his lifetime. He was a Singer employee for 16 years, retired minister with the United Pentecostal Church. He loved gardening and woodworking, a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during War World II and was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Trumann.

Rev. Smith was preceded in death by a daughter, Marsha Smith; granddaughters, Marcia Moody Sims and Kendra Smith Desporte, and his parents.

Survivors include his wife of 71 years, Ruth Helen McGough Smith of the home; two daughters, Melva Moody of Ft. Smith and Regina Brewer of Trumann; three sons, Wayne Smith of Trumann, Charles "Chuck" Smith of Sallisaw, Okla., and Michael "Mike" Smith of Tuttle, Okla.; eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Friday, Feb. 29 in the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home with Rev. Darvin Rainbolt and Rev. Murry Ray officiating. Burial was in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Jonesboro.

Active pallbearers were Darrell Boyd, Jason Boyd, Gerald Smith, Earnest Nichols, Mitchell Brown and Larry Blagg.

Honorary pallbearers were Eugene Mott, Raymond Whittingham, Charles Snyder, Jerry McKinney, L.D. Gibson, and ministers of the United Pentecostal Church.

An online register book can be signed at www.thompsonfuneralhome.net.