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In loving memory of
Vera G. Ferris (Smith) |
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Vera G. Smith Ferris, 87, of Mayflower, Arkansas, died Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Little Rock. She was born November 13, 1921, in Fordyce, to Henderson Howell and Edna Elizabeth Reynolds Smith. She spent her early childhood in Fordyce, graduating from Princeton High School before moving to Pine Bluff in 1941. She lived most of her adult life in Pine Bluff until moving to Maumelle in 2007, and then to Mayflower in 2008. Mrs. Ferris had worked 19 years at United Water in Pine Bluff before retiring in 1979 as a cashier. She was a former member of Olive Street Missionary Baptist Church, now known as Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff and in more recent years a member of Victory Baptist Church in Sherwood. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur C. Ferris, whom she married on December 23, 1948, in Pine Bluff; her parents; sisters, Anna Irene Smith Kellogg, Roberta Elizabeth Smith Evans; brothers, Henderson H. "Bud" Smith and William E. "Bill" Smith. Survivors include son, Richard H. "Rick" Ferris of Mayflower; a daughter, Melissa A. "Lisa" Ferris Ford of West Memphis; sister, Loretta Smith Epps of North Little Rock; brother Hollie Smith of Des Moines, Iowa; grandchildren, Genni M. Ferris Sutanto, Laura A. Ferris Kumpe, Kayla D. Ferris Reynolds, Ashleigh Erin Ford; and two great-grandchildren, Hiro James Henderson Linker and Lydia Jayne Kumpe and one great grandchild on the way, Naaman Arthur Sutanto. Visitation will be Friday 6 to 8 PM at Robinson's. Services will be 10 AM, Saturday, October 31, 2009, Chapel of Ralph Robinson & Son with Reverend Robert Harris and Reverend Josh Yowell officiating. Burial will follow in Bellwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Victory Missionary Baptist Church, 515 Sherwood Avenue, Sherwood, Arkansas 72120-5802 or Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church, 5130 Bobo Rd Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71603-7218.
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