Merle Dean "Cookie" Smith

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Obituary, copied from her Find A Grave memorial page

Merle Dean Cookie McLemore, age 70, died Tuesday, July 11th, at her home in Weatherford, Texas, after battling interstitial lung disease. She was born March 11, 1947 in Butler, Alabama, daughter of the late Joseph Hunter Smith and Grace Singleton.

She was a Baptist, worked for several years as Manager of Macs Diesel Service, Shell Lake, Arkansas, and as an Electronics Technician for Sanyo Manufacturing Corp., Forest City, Arkansas. She spent the remainder of her career as a Nurse and Certified Med Aide in several Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers in the north Texas region.

She was married to the late Felix C. McLemore, Sr., on October 2, 1971 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, until his death December 11, 2007.

Surviving children: daughter Karen L. Scott of Austin, Texas, and Sharon Bussell, Middleton, Tennessee; daughters-in-law: April McLemore, Las Vegas, Nevada and Audra Ortega McLemore, Mineral Wells, Texas; three sons Lynn McLemore, Las Vegas, Nevada; , John Wayne McLemore, Weatherford, Texas; Felix C. McLemore, Jr., Mineral Wells, Texas; along with numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, many beloved nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, July 16, at Frazer's Funeral Home in Warren, AR. Burial in Fitzhugh Cemetery by Frazer's Funeral Home. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at Frazer's.

Merle married Felix Cornelius "Mac" McLemore on 2 Oct 1971 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Felix (son of Sterling Cornelius McLemore and Elna Ophelia Bass) was born on 27 Apr 1927 in Jefferson County, Arkansas; died on 17 Dec 2007 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Fitzhugh Cemetery, Jefferson County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]