January 29, 1935 - November 12, 2026
Funeral service for Dovie Smith will be Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 2:00 pm in First United Methodist Church with Reverends Marlon Sparks and Hagan Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation with the family present will be Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the funeral home.
Dovie “Smith” Smith passed peacefully from this life on November 12, 2026 surrounded by her family. Dovie was born to Walter and Florence Peck Smith on January 29, 1935 in Beaver, Oklahoma. She grew up in Beaver and graduated with the class of 1953. She attended Panhandle A & M College and graduated with the class of 1958 with a Bachelor Degree in Education. Dovie earned her Master’s Degree from Oklahoma State in 1962.
Dovie married Jim Smith on August 9, 1958. This union was bless with three children, Shanna Atherton, Russ Smith and Sharla Johnson. Dovie and Jim taught school in Turpin, Oklahoma for 15 years. Jim was a football coach and Dovie taught in the elementary department. In 1976, they moved to Enid, where Dovie retired from Pioneer Pleasant Vale.
She was preceded in death by the love of her life, James O. Smith; parents and eight siblings.
Dovie is survived by her three children, Shanna Atherton, Russ Smith and Sharla (Rob) Johnson; granddaughter, Gabriel Atherton and husband, Wyatt Nirider; many nieces and nephews.
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