Billy Ray Smith

October 11, 1931 - January 6, 2015

Billy Ray Smith – Obituary Billy Ray Smith, age 83, a longtime resident of Hobart, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Elkview General Hospital in Hobart. Billy was born in Sterling, Oklahoma on October 11, 1931 to Virgil Ray and Thelma Nina (Duckworth) Smith. Billy was raised in Kiowa County, Oklahoma on the family farm north of Lone Wolf and he graduated class of 1949 from Lone Wolf High School. Shortly after high school he married Bonnie Brown on December 23, 1950 at the family farm. Billy and Bonnie moved to Stonewall, Oklahoma where Billy built bridges and they also lived in Texas where Billy worked for Plains Creamery. They later moved to Hobart, Oklahoma where they have resided since 1974. Billy worked the farm and house painting and he enjoyed watching football, fishing and hunting, and he loved driving his tractors. Preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mary Lou; and his granddaughter, Brandy Ann Jennings; Billy is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Bonnie Smith of the home; one son, Houston Ray Smith and his wife Poin of Hobart; three daughters, Bonita Sue Stockton of Lone Wolf; Nina Lorane Fox of Hobart; and Niva June Roberts and her husband Chris of Lone Wolf; thirteen grandchildren; twenty-three great grandchildren; two nieces; other family members and friends. Graveside services will be 11:00 am, Friday, January 9, 2015 at Lone Wolf Cemetery in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of People’s Co-Operative Funeral Home, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Please view and sign our online guest book at www.peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com