Aubrey Lynn Smith

Aubrey Lynn Smith, age 84, of Nashville, Ark., passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018 at his home. He was born on October 25, 1933, in Upsher County, Texas, the son of the late Otis Hugh and Beucie Flood Smith. Dr. Smith graduated high school in Diana, Texas, in 1951. After graduating high school, he married Jackie Fry on May 30, 1953. During this time, he attended college at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and graduated in 1957. He had a practice for 14 years in Perryville, Mo., before moving to Nashville in 1971 to be a USDA poultry inspector at the new Tyson plant. He retired from his work with the USDA in 1995. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Nashville since 1971. He loved life and enjoyed living on the farm. His children, grandchildren, and family meant the world to him. He was preceded in death by a brother, Louis Smith and sister-in-law Helen Smith; sister Nellie Plummer and brother-in-law Lavern Plummer; sister Jean Willeford and brother-in-law James Willeford; and brothers-in-law Jimmy Fry, John Thornton, and Harold Vonsenden. Survivors include the love of his life of 64 years, Jackie Fry Smith; three sons, Mark Smith and wife Susan of Nashville, Ark.; Russ Smith and wife Susie of Nashville, Ark.; Jerry Smith and wife Lori of Lexington, Ky.; two daughters, Patti Borek and husband Lee of Nashville, Ark.; Lori Harrison and husband Gary of Warren, Ark.; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Bonnie Bassham and husband Allen of Ore City, Texas, and Carolyn Reeves of Jefferson, Texas; as well as three sisters-in-law, Doris Thornton of Longview, Texas, Janie Vonsenden of Longview, Texas; Juanita Fry of Maumelle, Ark.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held beginning at 1 p.m., Friday, April 6, at the First United Methodist Church in Nashville, with Rev. Jimmy Dale and Rev. James Harris officiating. Burial will follow the service in Restland Memorial Park, under the direction of Latimer Funeral Home in Nashville. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church in Nashville. You may send an online sympathy message at www.latimerfuneralhome.com.