Tony Warren Leroy Hatten Keith Bo Bo PALLBEARERS Jessie White Fred Johnson Stanley Robinson FLOWER BEARERS Family and Friends ACKNO\VLEDGEMENT Because you cared, you came to share beautifulflowers and words ofprayer. Because you cared e11ough to do, words ofconifort on cards came too. Because you cared we were not alone, calls and visits reached our honte. Because you cared, we're grateful indeed, you've been a comfort and a.friend in need Because you cared we're able to bear the grief and sorrow. Tltere is no despair. Because you cared, we're praying too, for God's richest blessings for each ofyou. The Fatnily bart &~l4nun Jwttnd 1lnnu 5'8 W. THORNTON ST. AKroN, OHIO J.OJ7 ' p IN LOVING MEMORY OF LEOLA SMART April19, 1918 - Oci\lber 31, 1997 Saturday, November 8 , 1997 1:00 P.M. Gailee Baptist Church 70 W. Huston Street Barberton, Ohio 44203 Rev. William V. Green, Officiating 1 THE OBITUARY Leola Smart, 79, went home to be with the Lord on October 31, 1997, at Ridgewood Nursing Home. Bom in Virginia, she had lived most of her life in this community. She was a member of Galilee Baptist Church, where she served in the Missionary Society. She is swvived by her daughters, Maryetta Pickett of Akron, Geraldine Dees of Barberton, Leola, Amelia, Sarah, Pamela Smart; sons, Tilford. Pickett, Eddie Smart, all of Akron, and Johnny Smart of Decatur, Georgia; grandchildren, Ronnell, Regina, Samuel, Tracy, Richard, Renee, Mona, Tina, Lakisha, Dawnisha, Devin, Rose and Ericka; great grandchildren, Tramane, Carlisa, Kendra, Tyeasha, Tanae, Chantelle, Raytwana, Devine, Keishawnna, Vantasia Leola, Jazmin, Dawnisha, Felicia, Demetrius, Sunneka, Clarence, Kiara, Kiandra, Ramone, Demond, Monteil, Donte, Anthony, Recardo, Shanique and Amonda; a host of other relatives and friends. TO THOSE I LOVE AND THOSE WHO LOVE ME I am gone, release me, let me go I lmve so many tlti11gs to see and do. You musb1't tie yourself to me i1t tears Be ltapprJ tltat we llad so mamJ years. I gave to you my love. You ca11 only guess How much you give to me in Happiness. I tllllnk you for tlte love you eadtlzave shown, But 11ow it's time I traveled on alone. So grieve a while for me if grieve you must, 11ten let your grief be comforted btj trust. It's only for a wllile tltat we must part So bless the memories witltin your heart. I won't be far away, for life goes on So if you need me, call and I will come. 11wuglt you can't see or touch me, I'll be 11ear; And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear all my love armmd you, soft a11d clear. And tlum, when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and a UWelcorne Home" ORDER OF SERVICE ORGAN PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL SOLO SCRIPTURE Proverbs 31:10-31 Rev. Reginald Young PRAYER Minister Charles Connelly SOLO REMARKS Rev. Reginald Young ACKNOWLEDGMENTS/OBITUARY SELECTIONS Galilee Baptist Church Choir EULOGY Rev. William V. Green VIEWING OF THE REMAINS Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home In Charge RECESSIONAL INTERMENT Glendale Cemetery " I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." ' St. John 11:25-26