Jean Knoohuizen Smith (Plainview)

Jean Knoohuizen Smith, 88, of Plainview, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at Prairie House Living Center after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 4:00 P.M. Friday, January 16, 2009, in the Sanctuary of the First Baptist Church with Dr. Travis Hart officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mrs. Smith was born on July 28, 1920 in Plainview, Texas to R. H. and Myrtle Boyd Knoohuizen. She lived in Plainview until 1935, when the Knoohuizen family moved to Dallas. She graduated from North Dallas High School in 1937 and attended Wayland Baptist College and Texas Technological College. Mrs. Smith lived in Dallas, Denver and Chicago during World War II before returning to Plainview. She married Robert A. Smith on October 10, 1947 in Plainview, Texas. He preceded her in death on August 19, 1976. Mrs. Smith was a committed Christian, devoted wife, sister and mother, and talented artist and musician. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Plainview for most of her life and a member of Chapter BL, P.E.O. for over fifty years. Survivors include one daughter: Lisa Shepelwich and husband Jim of Fort Worth; one son: Blaine Smith and wife Pat of Plainview; one sister: Mary Knoohuizen; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren and several close cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband; one daughter: Cynthia Arden Sanders and one brother: Ray B. Knoohuizen. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Music Ministry 205 W. 8th Street, Plainview, Texas 79072 or Wayland Baptist University Division of Fine Arts, 1900 W. 7th Street, Plainview, Texas 79072.