Lora Duane "Monk" Smith

1922 - 2007  (84 years)

• Name	Lora Duane "Monk" Smith
  Born	25 Nov 1922	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Oct 2007	Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
  Obituary	17 Oct 2007	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Obituary, Mountain View Standard "Lora Duane 'Monk' Smith Lora Duane 'Monk' Smith was born November 25, 1922. He departed this life on October 9, 207 at St. John?s Regional Health Center, Springfield, Missouri at the age of 84 years. Monk graduated from Willow Springs High School. He then married Doyne E. Walker on October 23, 1942 in Hutton Valley, Missouri and to this union, three children were born; Thomas Duane, Norman Jack and Troye Tanna. Monk served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. Monk enjoyed working, tinkering, going to church, and serving the Lord. He is preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Norman, and one great grandson, Isaiah. Survivors in clyde his wife, Doyne of the home; two sons, Thomas Duane Smith and wife, Norma, of Palmdale, California and Norman Jack Smith and wife, Charlotte, of Mountain View; one daughter, Troye Tanna Reese and husband, Randy, of Mountain View; three brothers, Victor Smith of Idaho, Melvin Smith of St. Louis, Missouri, and Kenny Smith of Mountain View; six sisters, Mildred Piper, Fern Reese, and Mary 'Tiny' Weeks all of Mountain View, Patsy Lorance of California; Wanda 'Fritz' Dabney of South Carolina, and Shirley Vines of St. Louis, Missouri; eight grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 12, 2007 in Yarber Chapel with Pastor Edwin Woolsey and Rev. Daryl Walker officiating. Interment was in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Trask, Missouri under the direction of Yarber Mortuary, Mountain View."
  Buried	Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I1326	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Jeffrey E. Smith,   b. 1 Jan 1896, Missouri, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1989, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Jessie Roberts Trowbridge,   b. 31 Dec 1899, Kansas, USA ,   d. Jan 1985, Willow Springs Township, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1917  [4]
  	Estimate
  Family ID	F549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doyne Elizabeth Walker
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Duane "Duane" Smith + 2. Norman Jack "Jackie" Smith + 3. Troy Tanna "Tanna" Smith
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Monk and Doyne Lora Duane "Monk" Smith (b. 25 November 1922, Howell County, Missouri) and wife Doyne Elizabeth Walker (b. 17 September 1924, Howell County, Missouri). With son Duane "Tom" Smith. 1943 or 1944. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary, Lora Duane "Monk" Smith, 2007, Mountain View, Missouri. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S172] Walker - Ozella Butcher Walker (interview), (Informal conversations between Ozella (Butcher) Walker (Mountain View, Missouri) and the author (her niece), 1965-2008; regarding the Earl Walker family). [S75] Missouri, Howell - 1930 U.S. Census, (1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Hutton Valley township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 46-12, Sheet 5B, Dwelling 119, Family 130, Jeffery Smith household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). [S4288] “Lora Duane ‘Monk’ Smith” Mountain View (Missouri) Standard, 17 October 2007, p.4, col. 1; [likely reel no. 31299], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S17] Missouri, Howell - 1920 U.S. Census, (1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Hutton Valley township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 95, Sheet 5B, Dwelling 98, Family 102, Jacob Smith household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).